Prevalence and incidence of Wegener's granulomatosis in the UK general practice research database

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1412-1416

  Watts, Richard A ^a   Al Taiar, Abdullah ^a,b   Scott, David G I ^c   MacGregor, Alex J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 70349768115     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24544     Document Type: Article

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