Patterns of psoriatic arthritis in Orientals

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1949-1953

  Thumboo, Julian ^a   Tham, Siew Nee ^c   Tay, Yong Kwang ^b   Chee, Thomas ^c   Mow, Benjamin ^c   Chia, Hwee Pin ^d   Boey, Mee Leng ^c  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

^c Department of Diagnostic Radiology ^*

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asia; Ethnic groups; Psoriatic arthritis; Spondylitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPONDYLITIS;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALAYSIA; MALE; PSORIASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; SPONDYLITIS;

EID: 0030810864     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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