Prognostic factors for radiographic damage and physical disability in early rheumatoid arthritis. A prospective follow-up study of 147 patients

Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 1992, Pages 519-525

  Van Der Heijde, D M F M ^a   Van Riel, P L C M ^a   Van Leeuwen, M A ^b   Van't Hof, M A ^c   Van Rijswijk, M H ^b   Van De Putte, L B A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Early rheumatoid arthritis; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AURANOFIN; AUROTHIOGLUCOSE; AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; HLA DR2 ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLAMINE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT; HAND; HLA-DR2 ANTIGEN; HLA-DR4 ANTIGEN; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION INJURIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026630114     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/31.8.519     Document Type: Article

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