Joint hypermobility in Indian children

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 146-150

  Hasija, Rachana P ^a   Khubchandani, Raju P ^a,c   Schenoi, Susan ^b  

^a JASLOK HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b University of Oklahoma Tulsa College of Medicine   (United States)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Beighton; Hypermobility; India; Malnutrition; Musculoskeletal symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIAN; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOM; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 40749095279     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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