RT Book, Section
A1 Imboden, John B.
A2 Imboden, John B.
A2 Hellmann, David B.
A2 Stone, John H.
SR Print(0)
ID 57270299
T1 Chapter 4. Approach to the Patient with Arthritis
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Rheumatology, 3e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-163805-0
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57270299
RD 2024/04/20
AB Many  diseases  can  cause  arthritis.  Obtaining  a  history  and  performing  a  physical  examination  are  the  first  steps  in  allowing  the  clinician  to  accurately  characterize  the  arthritis  and  approach  the  differential  diagnosis  in  a  focused,  logical  fashion  based  on  the  duration  of  symptoms,  the  presence  or  absence  of  joint  inflammation,  the  number  of  joints  affected,  and  the  pattern  of  joint  involvement  (Table  4–1).