RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Rheumatology: 5. Diagnosis and management of inflammatory polyarthritis
JF Canadian Medical Association Journal
JO CMAJ
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 1833
OP 1838
VO 162
IS 13
A1 Alice Klinkhoff
YR 2000
UL http://www.cmaj.ca/content/162/13/1833.abstract
AB The case: Three months after an uncomplicated pregnancy and delivery Mrs. D consults her physician about new pain and swelling in her wrists and several proximal interphalangeal joints; 1 wrist is swollen and tender and there is tenderness in the ring metacarpalphalangeal (MCP) and 2 proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joints of each hand. She has morning stiffness which lasts 30 minutes There has been no recent infection or triggering event, and she has no history of a similar problem. Mrs. D has been trying to ignore these symptoms for the last 6 weeks, but she is having difficulty lifting and changing her baby.