Gender differences in latin-american patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Gender Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 490-510.e5

  Barragán Martínez, Carolina ^a   Amaya Amaya, Jenny ^a   Pineda Tamayo, Ricardo ^a,b   Mantilla, Rubén D ^a,c   Castellanos De La Hoz, Juan ^a   Bernal Macías, Santiago ^a   Rojas Villarraga, Adriana ^a   Anaya, Juan Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO   (Colombia)

^b ART Medica IPS   (Colombia)

^c Riesgo de Fractura CAYRE IPS   (Colombia)

Author keywords

gender; Latin America; polyautoimmunity; rheumatoid arthritis; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ABATACEPT; ADALIMUMAB; AZATHIOPRINE; CHLOROQUINE; CYCLOSPORIN; ETANERCEPT; GOLD SALT; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; PENICILLAMINE; RITUXIMAB; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID; TOCILIZUMAB;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLOMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LATIN AMERICAN MEDICINE; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84870488556     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: 18787398     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genm.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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