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ARP Rheumatology
Letter
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Outcomes of rheumatic patients referred from Portuguese speaking African countries for medical evaluation in Portugal.
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Bureaucratic, social and economic barriers may influence several clinical aspects of rheumatic diseases in patients from Portuguese speaking African countries (PALOP) displaced for medical care in Portugal. Despite the apparent advantages of dislocating patients to a more resourceful country, these patients present with long-lasting
and severe rheumatic diseases with chronic damage, due to lack of precise diagnosis, ineffective referrals, lack of appropriate treatment and concomitant infectious comorbidities that may jeopardize the outcomes of these strategies.
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2019-07-22
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Vítor Teixeira, Sofia Barreira, Ana Valido, Carla Macieira, Fonseca JE. Outcomes of rheumatic patients referred from Portuguese speaking African countries for medical evaluation in Portugal.. ARP, Vol 44, nº3 2019:280-281. PMID: 31356584
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