Diagnostic approach to polyarticular joint pain

American Family Physician

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1151-1160

  Richie, Anna Mies ^a   Francis, Mark L ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BONE METASTASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; GOUT; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY TEST; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; POLYARTHRITIS; PSEUDOGOUT; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; SYNOVITIS; THYROID DISEASE; VASCULITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0141595143     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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