Demographic, clinical, and serological features of Turkish patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Evaluation of 165 patients

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 843-847

  Kobak, Senol ^a,b  

^a Manisa Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Manifestations; Rheumatoid arthritis; Turkish patients

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANEMIA; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFORMITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FELTY SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP; HUMAN; KNEE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID NODULE; SEROLOGY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; TENOSYNOVITIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VASCULITIS; VODKA; WRIST;

ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; RAYNAUD DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; TENOSYNOVITIS; TURKEY; VASCULITIS;

EID: 79959596864     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-011-1678-5     Document Type: Article

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