Evaluation of the association of autoantibodies with mortality in the very elderly: A cohort study

Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 357-361

  Ioannidis, J P A ^a,c   Katsifis, G E ^b   Stavropoulos, E D ^b   Manoussakis, M N ^b   Moutsopoulos, H M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticardiolipin antibodies; Autoantibodies; Elderly; Mortality; Rheumatoid factor

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; DNA ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOOD GENERAL CONDITION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTIBODIES, ANTICARDIOLIPIN; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; AUTOANTIBODIES; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0037296356     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keg096     Document Type: Article

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