Evaluation of patients presenting with knee pain: Part I. History, physical examination, radiographs, and laboratory tests

American Family Physician

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 907-912

  Calmbach, Walter L ^a   Hutchens, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; KNEE INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PALPATION; PATELLA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ARTHRALGIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 0041639691     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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