Sheldon P, Webb C, Roy S, Nichol F, McKenzie J, Williams N, Zaphiropoulos G. Treatment of chronic knee effusions with 90yttrium-correlation of in vitro radiation and chemical effects with clinical results at three and six months.
Rheumatol Int 1986;
6:193-7. [PMID:
3797954 DOI:
10.1007/bf00541366]
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Abstract
Twenty seven knees, mainly of rheumatoid patients, received intra-articular 90Y for chronic effusions; 24% were effusion-free at 6 months. In vitro chemical, radiation (32P-induced), and combined effects of cold (non-radioactive) yttrium and 32P on synovial fluid mononuclear cells, failed to show any significant correlation with subjective and/or objective clinical effects at 3 or 6 months. If 90Y exerts its therapeutic effect via these cells, it probably does so other than by a direct effect on mononuclear cell viability.
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