Do gold rings protect against articular erosion in rheumatoid arthritis?

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 497-499

  Mulherin, Diarmuid M ^a   Struthers, George R ^b   Situnayake, R Deva ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FINGER INJURY; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0030870044     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.56.8.497     Document Type: Article

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