Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis in N. Greece: disease burden in pediatric patients
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Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis in N. Greece: disease burden in pediatric patients
Results Nine patients (female:8, mean age: 10 yrs) were diagnosed with CRMO. The main presenting symptoms in all patients were inflammatory pain in multiple sites, mainly in the metaphyses and epiphyses of long bones in lower limbs (mostly in proximal femur (4/9)) and swelling (7/9). 6/9 patients reported hip pain and only 1, clavicular pain. At diagnosis, fever was noted in 5/9 patients, a rai...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Rheumatology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1546-0096
DOI: 10.1186/1546-0096-13-s1-p172