Benign Joint Hypermobility Syndrome – not so ‘Benign’
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Joint hypermobility syndrome in childhood. A not so benign multisystem disorder?
OBJECTIVES Joint hypermobility (JH) or "ligamentous laxity" is felt to be an underlying risk factor for many types of musculoskeletal presentation in paediatrics, and joint hypermobility syndrome (JHS) describes such disorders where symptoms become chronic, often more generalized and associated with functional impairment. Clinical features are felt to have much in common with more severe disord...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Internet Journal of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2320-7221
DOI: 10.15305/ijrci/v3i1/140