Bone mineral density in the hand as a predictor for mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1088-1091

  Book, Christina ^a   Algulin, Jakob ^b   Nilsson, Jan Åke ^a   Saxne, Tore ^a   Jacobsson, Lennart ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Sectra Imtec   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Digital X ray radiogrammetry; Mortality; Predictor; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HAND BONE; HAND PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; LARSEN INDEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RITCHIE ARTICULAR INDEX; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SWEDEN; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BONE DENSITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HAND BONES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROGNOSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 70349783208     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kep169     Document Type: Article

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