Pediatric rheumatology in Southeast Asia: Insights from the Singapore experience

Current Rheumatology Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-122

  Arkachaisri, Thaschawee ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Juvenile arthritis; Pediatric rheumatology; Singapore; Southeast Asia; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

CELECOXIB; DICLOFENAC; ETORICOXIB; IBUPROFEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INDOMETACIN; MELOXICAM; METHOTREXATE; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PIROXICAM;

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICS; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOLOGY; SINGAPORE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TUBERCULOSIS; VASCULITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; CHILD; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; PEDIATRICS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RHEUMATOLOGY; SINGAPORE; VASCULITIS;

EID: 79957474304     PISSN: 15233774     EISSN: 15346307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11926-010-0159-1     Document Type: Article

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