Is DISH painful?

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1797-1799

  Ngian, Gene Siew ^a,b   Littlejohn, Geoffrey O ^a,b  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFUSE IDIOPATHIC SKELETAL HYPEROSTOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPEROSTOSIS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYPEROSTOSIS, DIFFUSE IDIOPATHIC SKELETAL; MALE; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77956475652     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.100519     Document Type: Editorial

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