Early menopause and severity of rheumatoid arthritis in women older than 45 years

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Pikwer, Mitra ^a   Nilsson, Jan Åke ^a   Bergström, Ulf ^a   Jacobsson, Lennart T H ^a,b   Turesson, Carl ^a  

^a Department of Rheumatology   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY MENOPAUSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENOPAUSE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MENOPAUSE, PREMATURE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN;

EID: 84865052774     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar4021     Document Type: Article

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