Musculoskeletal pain in children

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 465-470

  Sherry, David D ^a  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKACHE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FIBROMYALGIA; GROWTH; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY;

ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; BACK PAIN; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN; SYNDROME;

EID: 0030866672     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002281-199709000-00014     Document Type: Review

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