The incidence of rheumatoid arthritis in the UK: Comparisons using the 2010 ACR/EULAR classification criteria and the 1987 ACR classification criteria. Results from the Norfolk Arthritis Register

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1315-1320

  Humphreys, Jennifer H ^a   Verstappen, Suzanne M M ^a   Hyrich, Kimme L ^a   Chipping, Jacqueline R ^b   Marshall, Tarnya ^c   Symmons, Deborah P M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EARLY RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84880250080     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-201960     Document Type: Article

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