Reactive arthritis - The appropriate name

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 256-258

  Keynan, Yoav ^a,b   Rimar, Doron ^a,b  

^a CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conjunctivitis; Eponym; Reactive arthritis; Reiter syndrome; Urethritis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CURRICULUM; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; ISRAEL; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDLINE; NOMENCLATURE; PUBLICATION; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; REITER SYNDROME;

ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TEXTBOOKS AS TOPIC;

EID: 43249105792     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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