Intermittent Hydrarthrosis
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چکیده
Intermittent hydrarthrosis is a symptom rather than a disease. The facts, however, that its etiology is unknown and that in all cases it assumes the importance and gravity of a disease to the sufferer warrant its consideration as a clinical entity. The present communication is an attempt at a systematic, text-book presentation of our present knowledge of the subject, beginning with definition and ending with prognosis and treatment.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
دوره 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008