The performance of the 1987 ARA classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis in a population based cohort of patients with early inflammatory polyarthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2324-2330

  Harrison, Beverley J ^a   Symmons, Deborah P M ^a   Barrett, Elizabeth M ^b   Silman, Alan J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ARC Epidemiology Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Diagnosis; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0031773009     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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