The epidemiology of rheumatoid arthritis in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo-A population-based study

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1644-1647

  Malemba, Jean J ^a   Mbuyi Muamba, Jean M ^a   Mukaya, Jean ^a   Bossuyt, Xavier ^b   Verschueren, Patrick ^b   Westhovens, Rene ^b  

^a Kinshasa University Hospital   (Congo)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Africa; Epidemiology; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONGO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX RATIO; URBAN AREA; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84865314897     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kes092     Document Type: Article

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