Pain in children with arthritis: A review of the current literature

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 272-279

  Anthony, Kelly K ^a   Schanberg, Laura E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; ETANERCEPT; METHOTREXATE; NORTRIPTYLINE; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; STEROID; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0037446512     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.11010     Document Type: Review

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