Influence of sex on disease severity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1448-1451

  Gossec, Laure ^a   Baro Riba, Judith ^b   Bozonnat, Marie Céaile ^c   Daurès, Jean Pierre ^c   Sany, Jacques ^b   Eliaou, Jean François ^b   Combe, Bernard ^b  

^a René Cochin Hospital ^*  (France)

^b MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

HLA genes; Rheumatoid arthritis; Sex; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTHRODESIS; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; GENDER; GENOTYPE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LARSEN RADIOLOGICAL SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROPLASTY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 23444436743     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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