Pogosta disease: Clinical observations during an outbreak in the province of North Karelia, Finland

British Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1177-1180

  Turunen, M ^a   Kuusisto, P ^b   Uggeldahl, P E ^c   Toivanen, A ^a,d  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b Ilomantsi Health Centre   (Finland)

^c NORTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d Turku University   (Finland)

Author keywords

Karelian fever; Ockelbo disease; Pogosta disease; Reactive arthritis; Sindbis virus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FEVER; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POGOSTA DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINDBIS VIRUS;

EID: 0031728973     PISSN: 02637103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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