Mortality in rheumatoid arthritis: Do age and gender make a difference?

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 291-296

  Anderson, S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

age; gender; mortality; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PEER REVIEW; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030002832     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-0172(96)80015-1     Document Type: Article

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