Prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in the South-Transdanubian region of Hungary based on a representative survey of 10,000 inhabitants

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1688-1690

  Kiss, Csaba G ^a,c   Lövei, Csilla ^a   Sütö, Gábor ^a   Varjú, Cecília ^a   Nagy, Zoltán ^a   Füzesi, Zsuzsanna ^b   Illés, Tamás ^a   Czirják, László ^a  

^a Department of Immunology and Rheumatology ^*

^b Fact Institute   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Prevalence; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; EDEMA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; JOINT STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RURAL AREA; SEX RATIO; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 24944557912     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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