A comparison of the clinical features of hospital out-patients with rheumatoid disease and osteoarthritis in Pakistan and England

British Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 994-999

  Hameed, K ^a   Gibson, T ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Ethnic differences; Genetic influence

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ANEMIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOOT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; JOINT SURGERY; KNEE ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTPATIENT; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID NODULE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ENGLAND; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTPATIENTS; PAKISTAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029860684     PISSN: 02637103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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