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Clinical Examination

This section contains notes and techniques on how to perform the various types of clinical examinations. Aside from the usual systems examinations, it can be useful to know a few set 'tailor-made routines' for examinations of specific conditions. If you rehearse these well, they can help ensure that you elicit all of the relevant signs pertinent to the particular condition that the patient you are presented with has.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Dr Sonya Abraham (Consultant in Rheumatology and General Medicine, Charing Cross Hospital, London) for reviewing the material in this section.