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This lead symptom is more significant and universal than arthralgias, and applies most predominantly to the problems of arthrological, as well as musculoskeletal and orthopedical disorders, described in this section. It is the initial diagnostic opening to further concepts, whereby consideration must always be given to neurological diseases and conditions, circulatory disorders, and virtually the entire scope of internal medicine (pulmonary, cardiological, gastrointestinal, nephrological, hematological, infectious diseases and conditions), but also psychosomatics (trauma) surgery and gynecology.
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also applies to other sections of the spine
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Benenson, E. (2011). Diseases of the Spine. In: Rheumatology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-462-3_2
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