Prevalence of autoimmune inflammatory myopathy in the first nations population of Alberta, Canada

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1715-1719

  Barnabe, Cheryl ^a   Joseph, Lawrence ^b   Bélisle, Patrick ^b   Labrecque, Jeremy ^b   Barr, Susan G ^a   Fritzler, Marvin J ^a   Svenson, Lawrence W ^a   Peschken, Christine A ^c   Hemmelgarn, Brenda ^a   Bernatsky, Sasha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE INFLAMMATORY MYOPATHY; BAYES THEOREM; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOSITIS; PHYSICIAN; POLYMYOSITIS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALBERTA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BAYES THEOREM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOSITIS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84868246431     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.21743     Document Type: Article

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