Historical Perspective on the Etiology of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Hand Clinics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-10

  Entezami, Pouya ^a   Fox, David A ^b   Clapham, Philip J ^a   Chung, Kevin C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Etiology; Paintings; Paleopathological; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTHRALGIA; BONE MALFORMATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GOUT; HISTORICAL RESEARCH; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAINTING; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; WRIST DISLOCATION;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MEDICINE IN ART; MEDICINE IN LITERATURE; PALEOPATHOLOGY;

EID: 78650257723     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2010.09.006     Document Type: Review

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