%0 Journal Article %T Radiof¨¢rmacos en radiosinoviortesis %A Cruz Arencibia %A Jorge %A Garc¨ªa Rodr¨ªguez %A Enrique %A Sagarra Veranes %A Marta %A Mor¨ªn Zorrilla %A Jos¨¦ %J Nucleus %D 2010 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X abstract the radiosynoviorthesis is a procedure of metabolic radiotherapy, consisting in the intrarticular injection of a radiopharmaceutical with a beta emitting radionuclide for the treatment of chronic sinovitis, frecuently present in reumatoid arthritis, haemophilia and other systemic diseases. as this is a safe, effective and a relatively low-cost procedure, it is ordinarily used in europe, usa and in some latin american countries. the existing commercial products are based on , , and , although research is carried out on the use of , , among others radionuclides. in cuba a suspension of chromium phosphate (iii) labeled with , is on trial. the above-mentioned suspension has enough characteristics to become an efficient and safe product in practice. %K radiopharmaceuticals %K radioisotopes %K radionuclide kinetics %K bone joints %K rheumatic diseases %K clinical trials. %U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0864-084X2010000100001&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en