Estimated prevalence and incidence of adult Still's disease: Findings by a nationwide epidemiological survey in Japan

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 221-225

  Wakai, Kenji ^a   Ohta, Akihide ^b   Tamakoshi, Akiko ^a   Ohno, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kawamura, Takashi ^a   Aoki, Rie ^a   Kojima, Masayo ^a   Lin, Yingsong ^a   Hashimoto, Shuji ^c   Inaba, Yutaka ^d   Minowa, Masumi ^e   Aizawa, Shigeo ^f   Ichikawa, Yoichi ^g   Miyasaka, Nobuyuki ^h  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^f JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult onset; Incidence; Japan; Prevalence; Still's disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT ONSET STILL DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX RATIO; STILL'S DISEASE, ADULT-ONSET;

EID: 34247619370     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.7.221     Document Type: Article

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