Rheumatoid arthritis: Understanding joint damage and physical disability in RA

Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 260-261

  De Punder, Yvonne M R ^a   Van Riel, Piet L C M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CARTILAGE INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; JOINT DISLOCATION; JOINT INJURY; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBLUXATION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; BONE AND BONES; CARTILAGE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; JOINTS;

EID: 79955601782     PISSN: 17594790     EISSN: 17594804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrrheum.2011.49     Document Type: Article

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