Raynaud's phenomenon: Prevalence in an Italian population sample

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 506-510

  De Angelis, Rossella ^b   Salaffi, Fausto ^a   Grassi, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Augusto Murri   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Prevalence; Raynaud's phenomenon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLIMATE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAYNAUD DISEASE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33746499012     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-005-0077-1     Document Type: Article

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