Premature mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Evolving concepts

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1234-1236

  Pincus, Theodore ^a   Sokka, Tuulikki ^b   Wolfe, Frederick ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c ARTHRITIS RESEARCH CENTER FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0034971294     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200106)44:6<1234::AID-ART213>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Editorial

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