A prospective study on the incidence of rheumatoid arthritis among people with persistent increase of rheumatoid factor

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 149-151

  Halldorsdottir H D ^a   Jonsson T ^a   Thorsteinsson, J ^a   Valdimarsson, H ^a  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

EID: 0034111467     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.59.2.149     Document Type: Article

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