Epidemiology of rheumatoid arthritis

APMIS

Volumn 102, Issue 7-12, 1994, Pages 721-728

  SILMAN, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

epidemiology; genetics; HLA; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

GEOGRAPHY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0028558328     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1994.tb05226.x     Document Type: Review

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