Frequency of musculoskeletal conditions among patients referred to Italian tertiary rheumatological centers

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 670-676

  Cimmino, Marco A ^a,b   Ugolini, Donatella ^a,c   Cauli, Alberto ^d   Mannoni, Alessandro ^b,e   Macchioni, Pierluigi ^b,f   Ciocci, Alessandro ^b,g   Ceppi, Marcello ^c   Scarpa, Raffaele ^b,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Gruppo di Studio SIR sull' Epidemiologia   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^e SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g CDC Villa Pia   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Frequence; Italy; Rheumatic diseases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METABOLIC BONE DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NONARTICULAR RHEUMATISM; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SPINE DISEASE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; CHILD; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RHEUMATOLOGY; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 33846428796     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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