Epidemiology of Rheumatoid Arthritis in a tertiary care unit, Karachi, Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-126

  Alam, Syed Mahfooz ^a   Kidwai, Aneela Altaf ^a   Jafri, Syed Raza ^a   Qureshi, Bilal Mazhar ^b   Sami, Amber ^b   Qureshi, Harith Hilal ^b   Mirza, Haris ^b  

^a CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Co morbidities; Extra articular manifestation; Rheumatoid Arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; ETANERCEPT; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ONSET AGE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAKISTAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX RATIO; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251474382     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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