Laboratory monitoring in pediatric acute osteomyelitis and septic arthritis

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 409, Issue , 2003, Pages 186-194

  Khachatourians, Armond G ^a   Patzakis, Michael J ^a   Roidis, Nikolaos ^a   Holtom, Paul D ^a  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BONE INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; MALE; MONITORING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0037390356     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000057991.41099.47     Document Type: Article

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