Persistent or severe back pain and stiffness are ominous symptoms requiring prompt attention

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 208-212

  Grattan Smith, P J ^a,b   Ryan, M M ^b   Procopis, P G ^b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Back pain; Hysteria; Spinal cord; Tumour

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SYMPTOM;

BACK PAIN; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034114873     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2000.00471.x     Document Type: Article

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