Mortality in rheumatoid arthritis: Have we made an impact in 4 decades?

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2529-2533

  Gabriel, Sherine E ^a,b   Crowson, Cynthia S ^a   O'Fallon, W Michael ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality; Rheumatoid arthritis; Survival

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032729679     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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