Miscarriage but not fecundity is associated with progression of joint destruction in rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 956-960

  Van Dunne F M ^b   Lard, L R ^b   Rook, D ^b   Helmerhorst, F M ^a,b   Huizinga, T W J ^b  

^a Leiden University Medical Centre ^*  (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOOT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HAND; HUMAN; JOINT DESTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; X RAY;

EID: 3242715791     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2002.004291     Document Type: Article

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