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Return to clinical in contrast to serologically-based diagnoses
Bruce M Rothschild, Department of Medicine, Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH 44272, United States
Author contributions: Rothschild BM solely contributed to this paper.
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Correspondence to: Bruce M Rothschild, MD, FACR, Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Ohio Medical University, 5500 Market Street, Rootstown, OH 44272, United States. spondylair@gmail.com
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Received: June 8, 2015
Peer-review started: June 10, 2015
First decision: September 18, 2015
Revised: September 23, 2015
Accepted: November 13, 2015
Article in press: November 17, 2015
Published online: March 12, 2016
Peer-review started: June 10, 2015
First decision: September 18, 2015
Revised: September 23, 2015
Accepted: November 13, 2015
Article in press: November 17, 2015
Published online: March 12, 2016
Core Tip
Core tip: Rheumatology started as a clinical practice, dependent on skills of eliciting pertinent history, performing complete physical examination and recognition and interpretation of radiologic findings. Laboratory testing has distracted from those origins and it is time to return to those basic skills.