Hearing difficulties are common in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 637-640

  Murdin, Louisa ^a,b   Patel, Sanjeev ^a   Walmsley, Josephine ^a   Yeoh, Lam Hoe ^a  

^a ST HELIER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hearing loss; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 41849108451     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-007-0802-z     Document Type: Article

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