Radiographic outcome of recent-onset rheumatoid arthritis. A 19-year study of radiographic progression

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1571-1582

  Wolfe, Frederick ^a,c   Sharp, John T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARTHRITIS RESEARCH CENTER FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0031682097     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199809)41:9<1571::AID-ART7>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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