Rheumatology Vol. 43 No. 11 © British Society for Rheumatology 2004; all rights reserved
LETTER TO THE EDITOR |
For crying out loud: musculoskeletal assessment of inpatients referred to rheumatology
Rheumatology Department, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, Portsmouth PO6 3LY, UK
Correspondence to: R. Marshall. E-mail: R.W.Marshall@doctors.org.uk
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SIR, It has recently been shown that, even 10 yr after the development of the GALS (gait, arms, legs, spine) system, musculoskeletal examination of general medical admissions may be seriously deficient [1]. It could be argued that in many cases musculoskeletal