Incidence and prevalence of juvenile chronic arthritis in east Berlin 1980-88

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1837-1843

  Kiessling, Ute ^a   Döring, Eva ^a   Listing, Joachim ^b   Meincke, Joachim ^a   Schöntube, Monika ^a   Strangfeld, Anja ^b   Zink, Angela ^b,c  

^a 2nd Children's Hospital   (Germany)

^b German Rheumatism Research Center   (Germany)

^c DEUTSCHES RHEUMA FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Incidence; Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC ARTHRITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; BERLIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031728036     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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