Acceptability and practicality of pGALS in screening for rheumatic disease in Malawian children

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 647-653

  Smith, Eve ^a   Molyneux, Elizabeth ^b   Heikens, Geert Tom ^b   Foster, Helen ^c  

^a Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low resourced country; Musculoskeletal examination; Paediatric clinical assessment; Rheumatology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARM; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GAIT; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PAEDIATRIC GAIT, ARMS, LEGS, SPINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SCREENING TEST; SPINE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PEDIATRICS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES;

EID: 84859766109     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-011-1901-4     Document Type: Article

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