A pain in the knee - Is it osteoarthritis?

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 227-229

  Wollheim, Frank A ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Impact; Knee joint osteoarthritis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROTEINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANAMNESIS; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; JOINT LAXITY; JOINT SCINTISCANNING; KNEE INJURY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; NONARTICULAR RHEUMATISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SPORT INJURY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PREVALENCE;

EID: 43349108776     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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