The Charcot Joint: A modern neurologic perspective

Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Chisholm, Kara A ^a   Gilchrist, James M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charcot; joint; neuroarthropathy; neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; CLODRONIC ACID; ESTROGEN; PAMIDRONIC ACID;

AMPUTATION; ARTHRITIS; ARTHRODESIS; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BONE BIOPSY; BONE DEMINERALIZATION; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE METABOLISM; BONE MINERAL; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BONE TURNOVER; CAST APPLICATION; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOOT EDEMA; FOOT PAIN; FRACTURE; GOUT; GROWTH STIMULATION; HAMMER TOE; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT BIOPSY; JOINT DISLOCATION; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OPEN REDUCTION; ORTHOPEDIC SHOE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PARESTHESIA; PATHOGENESIS; PLANTAR ULCER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; TENDON REFLEX;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTHROPATHY, NEUROGENIC; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOOT BONES; HUMANS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 80052439205     PISSN: 15220443     EISSN: 15371611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CND.0b013e3181c6f55b     Document Type: Review

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