Clinical course and outcome of early rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology International

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 205-210

  Papadopoulos, I A ^a   Katsimbri, P ^a   Katsaraki, A ^a   Temekonidis, T ^a   Georgiadis, A ^a   Drosos, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Early rheumatoid arthritis; Outcome; Rheumatoid factor; Seronegative; Seropositive

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GREECE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034913617     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002960100106     Document Type: Article

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