When does a knee "need" a "joint" assessment?

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education and Practice Edition

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Brough, Richard ^a   Cleary, Gavin ^a  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT;

EID: 34047196420     PISSN: 17430585     EISSN: 17430593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.081547     Document Type: Article

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