Gonococcal Arthritis
Article Last Updated: Aug 17, 2007
Author: Michael P Keith, MD, FACP, Staff Rheumatologist, National Naval Medical Center; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Michael P Keith is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians, American College of Rheumatology, and Clinical Immunology Society
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