The influence of sex on the phenotype of rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 817-822

  Weyand, Cornelia M ^a   Schmidt, Dorle ^a   Wagner, Ulf ^a   Goronzy, Jörg J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRODESIS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PHENOTYPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031958275     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199805)41:5<817::AID-ART7>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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