Epidemiology of rheumatic disease in children

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 449-454

  Gäre, Boel Andersson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; DERMATOMYOSITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIBROMYALGIA; HEREDITY; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LYME DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 0029852618     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002281-199609000-00010     Document Type: Article

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