Predicting mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1530-1542

  Wolfe, Frederick ^a,b   Michaud, Kaleb ^b   Gefeller, Olaf ^c   Choi, Hyon K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b ARTHRITIS RESEARCH CENTER FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; AGE FACTORS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KANSAS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0038652221     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.11024     Document Type: Article

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