Total Joint Arthroplasty in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis. A United States Experience From 1992 Through 2005

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 881-888

  Jain, Amit ^a   Stein, Benjamin E ^a   Skolasky, Richard L ^a   Jones, Lynne C ^a   Hungerford, Marc W ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Orthopaedic Specialty Hospital at Mercy Hospital   (United States)

^c GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Arthroplasty; Epidemiology; Rheumatoid; United States

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; ELBOW ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITALIZATION; POPULATION GROWTH; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX RATIO; SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, ELBOW; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER JOINT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861186918     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2011.12.027     Document Type: Article

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