Classifying childhood arthritis
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childhood arthritis: rate of different types
to determine the rate of different types of arthritis in children. we prepared a retrospective descriptive study and included the whole 100 cases of arthritis referred to 17-shahrivar hospital, rasht, guilan during a 3 years period. using their medical files, data including age, sex, season of admission, history of trauma, signs and symptoms, lab findings and duration of hospitalization were co...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.56.2.79