Diagnostic strategy in presence of diffuse pain;Stratégies diagnostiques en présence de douleurs diffuses

Revue Medicale Suisse

Volumn 3, Issue 116, 2007, Pages 1562-1568

  Finckh, Axel ^a  

^a HUG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHENIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPONDYLARTHROPATHIES;

EID: 34447646914     PISSN: 16609379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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