How to evaluate patients for rheumatic diseases.
The rheumatic diseases encompass many common and uncommon disorders. The information derived from a careful history and physical examination can help define the urgency of the problem, classify the disease, provide diagnosis, and permit optimal therapy.
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Division of Clinical Immunology, Rheumatology, and Allergy, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610.
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