Chikungunya outbreak - Remember the arthropathy [6]

Rheumatology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1449-1450

  Volpe, A ^a   Caramaschi, P ^b   Angheben, A ^a   Marchetta, A ^a   Monteiro, G ^a   Bambara, L M ^b   Bisoffi, Z ^a  

^a SACRO CUORE DON CALABRIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; LEVOTHYROXINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AEDES; AFRICA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROPATHY; CASE REPORT; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TRAVEL;

EID: 33750203820     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kel275     Document Type: Letter

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