The Approach to the Painful Joint: Follow-up

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Further Reading

Keywords

joint pain, painful joint, arthritis, monoarthritis, polyarthritis, synovitis, enthesitis, tendonitis, bursitis, rheumatoid arthritis, RA, osteoarthritis, seronegative spondyloarthropathy, sero-negative spondyloarthropathy rheumatic disorder, enthesopathy, joint crystal deposition, joint infection, cartilage destruction, infectious arthritis, inflammatory arthritides, gouty arthritis, gout, pseudogout, pseudo-gout, Reiter syndrome, Lyme arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, SLE, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, spondyloarthropathy, degenerative joint disease, acute rheumatic fever, ARF, rheumatic fever, RF, septic arthritis, supraspinatus tendinitis, subacromial bursitis, bursitis, disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs, DMARDs, disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs

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Alan Baer, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University; Clinical Director, Johns Hopkins Rheumatology Practice at Good Samaritan Hospital; Chief of Rheumatology, Good Samaritan Hospital
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