Prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis and spondyloarthropathy in Brittany, France

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2622-2627

  Saraux, Alain ^a,c   Guedes, Claudie ^a   Allain, Jerome ^a   Devauchelle, Valerie ^a   Valls, Isabelle ^a   Lamour, Armelle ^a   Guillemin, Francis ^b   Youinou, Pierre ^a   Le Goff, Paul ^a  

^a BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Ecole de Sante Publique   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

Prevalence; Rheumatoid arthritis; Spondyloarthropathy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0032707127     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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