Efficacy of radiation synovectomy (radiosynovectomy or radiosynoviorthesis) with yttrium-90 in exudative inflammation of synovial membrane of knee joints in patients with rheumatic diseases – preliminary report
Objectives : Hypertrophic and exudative synovitis of the knee is one of the earliest symptoms in rheumatic diseases. In the case of pharmacotherapy failure, other methods which directly remove the inflamed synovial membrane are used – synovectomies. Radiosynovectomy (RSV) is the radiopharmaceutical...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Termedia Publishing House
2016-03-01
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Series: | Rheumatology |
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Online Access: | http://www.termedia.pl/Efficacy-of-radiation-synovectomy-radiosynovectomy-or-radiosynoviorthesis-with-yttrium-90-in-exudative-inflammation-of-synovial-membrane-of-knee-joints-in-patients-with-rheumatic-diseases-preliminary-,18,27167,1,1.html |