Prognostic criteria in rheumatoid arthritis: Can we predict which patients will require specific anti-rheumatoid treatment?

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 17, 1997, Pages

  Kirwan, J R ^a   Quilty, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early arthritis; Polyarthropathy; Prediction; Prognosis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatoid factor

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030835354     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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