Transient synovitis as a cause of painful limps in children

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 48-51

  Do, Twee T ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CELECOXIB; IBUPROFEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; GAIT DISORDER; HIP DISEASE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVITIS;

ALGORITHMS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; PAIN; RECURRENCE; SEX FACTORS; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 0033954248     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-200002000-00010     Document Type: Review

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