Are laboratory tests necessary in making the diagnosis of limb pains typical for growing pains in children?

Pediatrics International

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 833-835

  Asadi Pooya, Ali Akbar ^a,b   Bordbar, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Children; Growing pains; Laboratory tests

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; PHOSPHORUS; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; IRAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIMB PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 36649037835     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2007.02447.x     Document Type: Article

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