Persistent arthritis following Chikungunya virus infection

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 1324, 2010, Pages 79-81

  Lynch, Nora ^a   Pegler, Rod Ellis ^a  

^a Medical Specialist Group   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CHIKUNGUNYA; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; SYNOVITIS; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NAPROXEN;

EID: 77958057728     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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