Early rheumatoid arthritis patients: Relationship of age

Rheumatology International

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 70-74

  Papadopoulos, Ioannis A ^a   Katsimbri, Pelagia ^a   Alamanos, Yannis ^a   Voulgari, Paraskevi V ^a   Drosos, Alexandros A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Age; Early rheumatoid arthritis; Early treatment; Elderly; Young

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EDEMA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0037353030     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-002-0251-6     Document Type: Article

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