The association of race and ethnicity with disease expression in male US veterans with rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1480-1484

  Mikuls, Ted R ^a,f   Kazi, Salahuddin ^b   Cipher, Daisha ^c   Hooker, Roderick ^b   Kerr, Gail S ^d   Richards, J Steuart ^d   Cannon, Grant W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^f NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Caucasian; Disease activity; Nodules; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; METHOTREXATE; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; RITUXIMAB; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HUMAN; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SMOKING; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VETERANS;

EID: 34447503679     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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