Rheumatic diseases in patients attending a clinic at a referral hospital in Yaounde, Cameroon

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 404-409

  Singwe Ngandeu, M ^a,d   Meli, J ^b   Ntsiba, H ^c   Nouedoui C ^d   Yollo, A V ^d   Sida, M B ^d   Muna, W F ^d  

^a General Hospital   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c University Teaching Hospital   (Congo)

^d General Hospital Yaounde   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOLOGY; SPINE DISEASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CAMEROON; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RHEUMATOLOGY; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 36348929313     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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