Unified theory of the origins of erosive arthritis: Conditioning as a protective/directing mechanism?

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2095-2102

  Rothschild, Bruce M ^a,b,c   Rothschild, Christine ^d   Helbling, Mark ^d  

^a SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c ARTHRITIS CENTER OF NORTHEAST OHIO   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Erosive arthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Spondyloarthropathy; Tuberculosis paleoepidemiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EROSIVE ARTHRITIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); HUMANS; PALEONTOLOGY; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TUBERCULOSIS, OSTEOARTICULAR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141531093     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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