The natural history of rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 44, 1996, Pages 13-22

  Wolfe, Frederick ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b Wichita Arthr Res Clin Centers   (United States)

^c ARTHRITIS RESEARCH CENTER FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Natural history; Outcome; Prognosis; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTHROGRAPHY; DISABILITY; MORTALITY; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; MORTALITY; TERMINOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029868302     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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