Influence of sex, age, and menopausal state on the course of early rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1809-1816

  Kuiper, S ^a   Van Gestel, A M ^a   Swinkels, H L ^a   De Boo, T M ^a   Da Silva, J A P ^a   Van Riel, P L C M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Disease activity; Menopause; Rheumatoid arthritis; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; JOINT DESTRUCTION; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034897472     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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