THE MERCK MANUAL: The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
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Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Disorders

Chapters

Joint Disorders

Introduction
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Joint disorders may be inflammatory (RA, spondyloarthropathies, crystal-induced arthritis) or relatively less inflammatory (osteoarthritis, neurogenic arthropathy). Crystal-induced arthritis and infectious arthritis are discussed elsewhere in The Manual.

Last full review/revision November 2012 by Roy D. Altman, MD
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