Joint destruction in early rheumatoid arthritis over 8 years is similar in women and men despite apparently higher disease activity and poorer function in women

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 709-710

  Hafström, Ingiäld ^a   Bala, Valentina ^b   Albertsson, Kristina ^a   Forslind, Kristina ^b,c   Svensson, Björn ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b HELSINGBORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; JOINT DESTRUCTION; JOINT SWELLING; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952338651     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2010.135343     Document Type: Letter

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