Diagnostic, clinical and radiological characteristics of Kashin-Beck disease in Shaanxi Province, PR China

Authors
Xiong, G
Citation
G. Xiong, Diagnostic, clinical and radiological characteristics of Kashin-Beck disease in Shaanxi Province, PR China, INT ORTHOP, 25(3), 2001, pp. 147-150
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Ortopedics, Rehabilitation & Sport Medicine
Journal title
INTERNATIONAL ORTHOPAEDICS
ISSN journal
03412695 → ACNP
Volume
25
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
147 - 150
Database
ISI
SICI code
0341-2695(200106)25:3<147:DCARCO>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Twenty clinical symptoms and four radiological signs of different joints in patients with Kashin-Beck disease (KBD) were studied in 2560 subjects from endemic and non-endemic areas of the Shaanxi Province in China. It is sugg ested to classify the symptoms into five groups representing, different man ifestations of the disease. The association of some of the symptoms appears to provide significant criteria for use in the diagnosis of KBD.