Paediatrics rheumatology clinic population in Singapore: The KKH experience

Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 265-271

  Tan, Justin Hung Tiong ^a   Hoh, Sook Fun ^a   Arkachaisri, Thaschawee ^a,b  

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

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Juvenile idiopathic arthritis; Paediatrics rheumatology; Singapore; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CHILBLAIN; CHILD; CINCA SYNDROME; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTERITIS; ENTHESITIS; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; JOINT LAXITY; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; KIKUCHI DISEASE; KIMURA DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; MYOSITIS; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICS; POLYMYOSITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOLOGY; SAPHO SYNDROME; SCHOOL CHILD; SCLERODERMA; SINGAPORE; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYNOVITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THYROID DISEASE; UVEITIS;

EID: 84886395853     PISSN: 20101058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/201010581202100408     Document Type: Article

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