Does the season at symptom onset influence the long-term severity of radiographic joint destruction in rheumatoid arthritis?

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2055-2056

  De Rooy, D P C ^a   Andersson, M L E ^b   Knevel, R ^a   Huizinga, T W J ^a   Svensson, B ^b   Van Der Helm Van Mil, A H M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

AUTUMN; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; JOINT DESTRUCTION; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; LETTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN;

EID: 84868468287     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-201565     Document Type: Letter

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