Impact of age on clinical manifestations and outcome in Puerto Ricans with rheumatoid arthritis

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 1 SUPPL.1, 2010, Pages

  Santiago Casas, Yesenia ^a   González Rivera, Tania C ^b   Castro Santana, Lesliane E ^a   Ríos, Grissel ^a   Martínez, David ^a   Rodríguez, Vanessa E ^a   González Alcover, Rafael ^a   Mayor, Angel M ^a   Vilá, Luis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hispanics; Outcome; Puerto Ricans; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; CORTICOSTEROID; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTHROPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUERTO RICO; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 80053213577     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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