A rational approach to the diagnosis of arthritis

American Family Physician

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1295-1310

  Litman, Kerry ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; URIC ACID;

ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GOUT; HUMAN; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; LABORATORY TEST; MONARTHRITIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SYNOVIAL FLUID; URIC ACID;

EID: 0029978195     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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