Absent "window of opportunity" in smokers with short disease duration. Data from BARFOT, a multicenter study of early rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2160-2168

  Söderlin, Maria K ^a   Bergman, Stefan ^a  

^a Spenshult Rheumatology Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Early rheumatoid arthritis; Epidemiology; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHOTREXATE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE 28; DISEASE DURATION; EUROPEAN LEAGUE AGAINST RHEUMATISM RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; JOINTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMISSION INDUCTION; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; SULFASALAZINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053554610     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.100991     Document Type: Article

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