Chikungunya viral polyarthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 935-936

  Carmona, Raj J ^a   Shaikh, Saeed ^a   Khalidi, Nader A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ELECTROLYTE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANKLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRAL POLYARTHRITIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ENTHESITIS; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; FOOT; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEG; LETTER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; RIGOR; SWEATING; SYNOVITIS; WRIST;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ARTHRITIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRAVEL;

EID: 44349143444     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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