Rheumatic disorders in Sub-saharan Africa

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 214-216

  McGill, P E ^a   Oyoo, G O ^a  

^a STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST OF ILLNESS; ENTHESOPATHY; FLUOROSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOUT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LEPROSY; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MORBIDITY; NEGRO; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; PYOMYOSITIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RICKETS; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VIRUS INFECTION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; REVIEW;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATIC DISEASES;

EID: 0036525935     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v79i4.8882     Document Type: Article

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