Postpartum onset of rheumatoid arthritis and other chronic arthritides: Results from a patient register linked to a medical birth registry

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 332-336

  Wallenius, M ^a,b   Skomsvoll, J F ^a,b   Irgens, L M ^c   Salvesen, K A ^a,b   Koldingsnes, W ^d   Mikkelsen, K ^e   Kaufmann, C ^f   Kvien, T K ^g  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^e Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases   (Norway)

^f Buskerud Central Hospital   (Norway)

^g DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC ARTHRITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PUERPERIUM; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARTHRITIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; NORWAY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75749149773     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2009.115964     Document Type: Article

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