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Therapeutic Injections of Joints and Soft Tissues

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  1. American British Cowdray Medical Center, Mexico City, Mexico

    Juan J. Canoso MD, FACP, MACR (Attending)

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  1. Arthritis Foundation, Atlanta, GA, USA

    John H. Klippel MD (President and CEO) & Patience H. White MD, MA (Chief Public Health Officer) (President and CEO) &  (Chief Public Health Officer)

  2. Massachusetts General Hospital, Deputy Editor for Rheumatology UpToDate, Boston, MA, USA

    John H. Stone MD, MPH (Associate Physician) (Associate Physician)

  3. Division of Rheumatology & Women’s Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA

    Leslie J. Crofford MD (Gloria W. Singletary Professor of Internal Medicine, Chief) (Gloria W. Singletary Professor of Internal Medicine, Chief)

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Canoso, J.J. (2008). Therapeutic Injections of Joints and Soft Tissues. In: Klippel, J.H., Stone, J.H., Crofford, L.J., White, P.H. (eds) Primer on the Rheumatic Diseases. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68566-3_82

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