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Rheumatic diseases. 1. Differential diagnosis.

T E Weiss·O B Gum·J J Biundo
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In a case of rheumatic disease, the patient's history and a careful physical examination should yield most of the information needed to identify the specific disorder present. A convenient classification is based on four differentiating features: number of joints affected, acuteness or chronicity of disease, absence of joint involvement, and anatomic distribution.

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T E Weiss, O B Gum, J J Biundo. 1976. Rheumatic diseases. 1. Differential diagnosis.. https://doi.org/10.1080/00325481.1976.11708414

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