Markers of progression to rheumatoid arthritis: Discriminaive value of the new acr/eular rheumatoid arthritis criteria in a portuguese population with early polyarthritis

Acta Reumatologica Portuguesa

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 370-376

  Mourão, Ana Filipa ^a   Canhão, Helena ^b   Moura, Rita Aguiar ^a   Cascão, Rita ^a   Weinmann, Pamela ^a   Rodrigues, Ana ^a,b   Polido Pereira, Joaquim ^a,b   Resende, Catarina ^b   Capela, Susana ^b   da Silva, José Alberto Pereira ^b   Fonseca, João Eurico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

ACR EULAR classification criteria; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Very early polyarthritis

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TIME;

ARTHRITIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84864757031     PISSN: 0303464X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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