Clinical and radiological features of rheumatoid arthritis in British black Africans

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-100

  Ravindran, Vinod ^a,b   Seah, May Ai ^a   Elias, David A ^a   Choy, Ernest H ^a   Scott, David L ^a   Gordon, Patrick A ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black Africans; Ethnicity; Radiographic damage; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; BONE EROSION; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CAVITY; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 36549003221     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-007-0735-6     Document Type: Article

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