Septic arthritis of the metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joints of the hand

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 623-629

  Boustred, A Mark ^b   Singer, Martin ^b   Hudson, Don A ^a   Bolitho, Glyn E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CHILD; DEBRIDEMENT; EARLY AMBULATION; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033022373     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199906000-00007     Document Type: Article

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