What is the natural history of rheumatoid arthritis?

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-48

  Ollier, William E R ^a   Harrison, Beverley ^a   Symmons, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Genetics; Inflammatory polyarthritis; Prognosis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; AROMATASE; AUTOANTIBODY; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CYTOKINE; ESTROGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE EROSION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHRONICITY; COMORBIDITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPITOPE MAPPING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HLA SYSTEM; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INHERITANCE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MENOPAUSE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POLYARTHRITIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0035034595     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/berh.2000.0124     Document Type: Article

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