Easily missed? Joint hypermobility syndrome

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7791, 2011, Pages 275-277

  Ross, Juliette ^a   Grahame, Rodney ^b,c,d  

^a Wembley Park Drive Medical Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTESTINE MOTILITY; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; JOINT INSTABILITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RECTUM PROLAPSE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79951979387     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c7167     Document Type: Article

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