Epidemiological and clinical aspects relating to the variability of rheumatoid arthritis

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 123-140

  Abdel Nasser, A M ^a   Rasker, J J ^a   Valkenburg, H A ^a  

^a MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Rheumatoid arthritis; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0030785532     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-0172(97)80012-1     Document Type: Article

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