Family history as a risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis: A case-control study

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1522-1526

  Koumantaki, Yvonni ^a   Giziaki, Ernestini ^a   Linos, Athena ^a   Kontomerkos, Anastasios ^d   Kaklamanis, Phaedon ^a   Vaiopoulos, George ^b   Mandas, John ^e   Kaklamani, Evangelia ^c  

^a Dept of Hygiene and Epidemiology ^*

^b First Dept of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d Rheumatology Clinic   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

family history; inheritance factors; rheumatoid arthritis; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030817917     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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