The Italian registry of aggressive rheumatoid arthritis - The GIARA project

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2374-2381

  Marchesoni, Antonio ^a,i,j   Govoni, Marcello ^b,j   Valentini, Gabriele ^c,j   Valesini, Guido ^d,j   Salaffi, Fausto ^e,j   Macchioni, Pierluigi ^f,j   Della Casa Alberighi, Ornella ^g   Ferraccioli, Gianfranco ^h,j   Accardi, A ^j   Adami, S ^j   Arioli, G ^j   Bagnato, G ^j   Bambara, L M ^j   Bianchi, G ^j   Bombardieri, S ^j   Broggini, M ^j   Cacace, E ^j   Califano, E ^j   Campaniello, N ^j   Canesi, B ^j   Carignola, R ^j   Carniello, G ^j   Carrabba, M ^j   Cassisi, G ^j   Ciompi, M L ^j   Clerico, P ^j   Coaccioli, S ^j   Concesi, C ^j   Consonni, G ^j   Corsaro, S ^j   Davoli, C ^j   De Cata, A ^j   Del Frate, M ^j   Della Corte, G ^j   Di Giuseppe, P ^j   Di Matteo, L ^j   Diamanti, M ^j   Evangelista, L ^j   Fietta, P ^j   Fusconi, M ^j   Gabrielli, A ^j   Gardinali, M ^j   Ghirardini, M ^j   Giacomelli, R ^j   Gorla, R ^j   Gusi, R ^j   La Palombara, F ^j   Lapadula, G ^j   Leone, M ^j   Limonta, M ^j   Lo Gulfo, R ^j   Lovino, C ^j   Manganelli, P ^j   Mantova, D ^j   Marello, P G ^j   Martini, F ^j   Mascia, M T ^j   Mastaglio, C ^j   Mathieu, A ^j   Mattara, L ^j   Matucci, M ^j   Mazzanto, G ^j   Meschini, C ^j   Migliore, A ^j   Minisola, G ^j   Modena, V ^j   Morassi, P ^j   Muratore, M ^j   Nuvoli, G ^j   Olivieri, I ^j   Oriente, P ^j   Ostuni, P ^j   Paolazzi, G ^j   Pellerito, R ^j   Peronato, G ^j   Pistone, G ^j   Provenzano, G ^j   Pucino, A ^j   Pusceddu, M ^j   Raffa, G ^j   Rigotti, R ^j   Rondana, M ^j   Russo, R ^j   Sabadini, L ^j   Sabbattini, M G ^j   Scapato, P ^j   Scarpato, S ^j   Sebastiani, G D ^j   Steinhauser, K ^j   Tocci, G ^j   Torre, R ^j   Triolo, G ^j   Trotta, A ^j   Vinicola, V ^j   Vitali, C ^j   Volante, D ^j   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^f S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^h CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

ⁱ Istituto Ortopedico G Pint   (Italy)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

Bone erosion; Early arthritis; Registries; Rheumatoid arthritis; Severity

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; JOINT SWELLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTER; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 36849062759     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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