Differential diagnosis in rheumatology can be compared to a trip to an unfamiliar city that we know is full of interesting places to visit. The aim of our trip is to reach a particular place, i.e. the diagnosis. What we will try to do here is to provide a kind of map that will enable travelers to ask directions, identify the signs leading to their destination, and once they are there, recognize it and distinguish it from other places.
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As you will see, the use of the word “syndrome” here is rather inappropriate as there are usually no symptoms. However, we use it for the sake of clarity.
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da Silva, J.A.P., Woolf, A.D. (2010). Diagnostic Strategy the Main Syndromes in Rheumatology. In: Rheumatology in Practice. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-581-9_4
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