Post-chikungunya chronic arthralgia: a first retrospective follow-up study of 39 cases in Colombia

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 831-832

  Rodriguez Morales, Alfonso J ^a,b   Villamil Gomez, Wilmer ^c,d,e   Merlano Espinosa, Mara ^f   Simone Kleber, Laure ^f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE PEREIRA   (Colombia)

^b Organización Latinoamericana Para El Fomento de la Investigación en Salud OLFIS   (Colombia)

^c Hospital Universitario de Sincelejo   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE CARTAGENA   (Colombia)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DEL ATLÁNTICO   (Colombia)

^f Secretaría de Salud   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLOMBIA; DISABILITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRALGIA; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960361664     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-015-3041-8     Document Type: Letter

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