Orthopaedic surgery of the lower limbs in 49 802 rheumatoid arthritis patients: Results from the Swedish National Inpatient Registry during 1987 to 2001

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 335-341

  Weiss, Rüdiger J ^a   Stark, A ^a   Wick, M C ^a   Ehlin, A ^a   Palmblad, K ^a   Wretenberg, P ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROPLASTY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33144455337     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2005.039420     Document Type: Article

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