Presentation and severity of rheumatoid arthritis at diagnosis in Senegal

Rheumatology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1111-1113

  Ndongo, Souhaïbou ^a   Lekpa, Fernando K ^a   Ka, Mamadou M ^a   Ndiaye, Nafi ^a   Diop, Thérèse M ^a  

^a University Hospital Aristide Le Dantec   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Disease activity; Rheumatoid arthritis; Senegal; Severity; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; ANALGESIC AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; JOINT SWELLING; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORNING STIFFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID NODULE; RHEUMATOLOGY; SENEGAL; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HAND JOINT; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HAND JOINTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SENEGAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349782576     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kep178     Document Type: Article

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