Tuberculosis of the knee complicating seronegative arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1227-1228

  Arthanari, Subha ^a   Yusuf, Siraj ^a   Nisar, Mohamed ^a  

^a QUEEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JOINT ASPIRATION; KNEE ARTHRITIS; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS ARTHRITIS; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 44949106479     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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