Connective tissue disease and other related rheumatic conditions among patients with finger and hand and temporomandibular joint prostheses in Denmark

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1434-1436

  Fryzek, Jon P ^a   Mellemkjaer, Lene ^b   Friis, Soren ^b   Mclaughlin, Joseph K ^b   Rosenthal, Ann K ^b   Blot, William J ^b   Olsen, Jorgen H ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cohort study; Connective tissue disease; Epidemiology; Finger and hand joints; Implants; Temporomandibular joints

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINGERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034082190     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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