Smoking, rheumatoid factor isotypes and severity of rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1202-1205

  Masdottir B ^a   Jonsson T ^a   Manfreosdottir V ^a   Vikingsson A ^a   Brekkan, A ^a   Valdimarsson, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Prognosis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatoid factor; Smoking

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; JOINT DESTRUCTION; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID NODULE; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING;

EID: 0033709791     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/39.11.1202     Document Type: Article

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