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The commonest disorder of the skeletal system will be, with age, osteoarthritis. Musculoskeletal pains cause 10% of all medical consultations, of which one-third will be for backache. Apart from trauma and the effects of ageing, rheumatoid arthritis is the single most frequent disorder of this system that will lead to periodic hospitalization.
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Gunn, A.D.G. (1981). The Skeletal System. In: Differential Diagnosis. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8060-0_9
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