The prevalences of some rheumatic diseases in western Turkey: Havsa study

Rheumatology International

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 895-908

  Çakir, Necati ^a,f   Pamuk, Ömer Nuri ^a   Dervis, Emine ^b   Imeryüz, Neşe ^c   Uslu, Haşim ^d   Benian, Ömer ^a   Elelçi, Edip ^a   Erdem, Genco ^a   Sarvan, Fatma Oǧuz ^e   Şenocak, Mustafa ^e  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Haseki State Hospital   (Turkey)

^c MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Medipol Hospital   (Turkey)

^e ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f Altunizade   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Behcet's disease; Epidemiology; Familial Mediterranean fever; Psoriasis; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENTERITIS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GOUT; HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BEHCET SYNDROME; CHILD; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSORIASIS; RAYNAUD DISEASE; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; TURKEY;

EID: 84863503622     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-010-1699-4     Document Type: Article

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