Correlates of functional disability in early rheumatoid arthritis: A cross-sectional study of 706 patients in four European countries

British Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 746-751

  Smedstad, L M ^a,b   Moum, T ^a   Guillemin, F ^c   Kvien, T K ^b   Finch, M B ^d   Suurmeijer, T P B M ^e   Van Den Heuvel, W J A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d MUSGRAVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Disability; Prognosis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatoid factor; Sex

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; UNITED KINGDOM; X RAY;

EID: 0029776884     PISSN: 02637103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/35.8.746     Document Type: Article

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