Usefulness of routine hepatitis C and hepatitis B serology in the diagnosis of recent-onset arthritis. Systematic prospective screening in all patients seen by the rheumatologists of a defined area - Brief report

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 268-270

  Ansemant, Thiphaine ^a   ornetti, Paul ^a   Garrot, Jean François ^b   Pascaud, Françoise ^b   Tavernier, Christian ^a   Maillefert, Jean Francis ^a,c  

^a DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b University of Burgundy ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Diagnosis; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Screening

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT CARE; POLYARTHRITIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEUMATOLOGY; SCREENING; SEROLOGY;

EID: 84860551562     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: 17787254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2011.05.019     Document Type: Article

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