Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 11 , Pages 1119-1128 , November 2009

Imaging and staging of haemophilic arthropathy

  • A. Jelbert
    • ,
  • S. Vaidya
    • ,
  • N. Fotiadis

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: N. Fotiadis, Radiology Department, The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, London E1 1BB, UK. Tel.: +44 7909 854412; fax: +44 207 377 7094.

Received 7 April 2009 ,Revised 16 July 2009 ,Accepted 20 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2009.07.005

Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 11 , Pages 1119-1128 , November 2009

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