A simple algorithm to predict the development of radiological erosions in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: Prospective cohort study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 313, Issue 7055, 1996, Pages 471-476

  Brennan, Paul ^a   Harrison, Beverley ^a   Barrett, Elizabeth ^b   Chakravarty, Kuntal ^b   Scott, David ^b   Silman, Alan ^a   Symmons, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; JOINT DEGENERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORNING STIFFNESS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029745742     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7055.471     Document Type: Article

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