Pregnancy and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis in a highly predisposed North American Native population

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2253-2260

  Peschken, Christine A ^a,b   Robinson, David B ^a   Hitchon, Carol A ^a   Smolik, Irene ^a   Hart, Donna ^a   Bernstein, Charles N ^a   El Gabalawy, Hani S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Department of Medicine and Community Health Sciences ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; North American Natives; Pregnancy; Rheumatoid arthritis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BREAST FEEDING; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CANADA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870379401     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.120269     Document Type: Article

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