Idiopathic arm pain

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1387-1391

  Ring, David ^a   Guss, Daniel ^a   Malhotra, Leah ^a   Jupiter, Jesse B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISABILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LIMB PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 3042700317     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200407000-00005     Document Type: Article

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