A diagnostic challenge: the child with fever, rash and arthritis.

نویسندگان

  • P G Danis
  • T D Gardner
چکیده

When a child has a fever, rash, and joint pain, the family physician needs to consider a variety of diseases in the differential diagnosis. Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, Lyme disease, and streptococcal diseases are all possible causes of this triad of symptoms. An accurate diagnosis, however, might be delayed until serologic studies have been returned and the response of the child to treatment has been observed.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

دوره 9 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1996