Acute monoarthritis: A practical approach to assessment and treatment

American Family Physician

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2239-2243

  Towheed, Tanveer E ^a   Hochberg, Marc C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GOUT; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; LABORATORY TEST; MONARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSEUDOGOUT; REVIEW; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHMS; ARTHRITIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0029959097     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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