Factors associated with time to diagnosis in early rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology International

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 85-92

  Barnabe, Cheryl ^a   Xiong, Juan ^b   Pope, Janet E ^c   Boire, Gilles ^d   Hitchon, Carol ^e   Haraoui, Boulos ^f   Carter Thorne, J ^g   Tin, Diane ^g   Keystone, Edward C ^h   Bykerk, Vivian P ^b,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^g ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

ⁱ HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Early treatment; Health accessibility; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DAS28; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT SWELLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOANTIBODIES; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CANADA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; JOINTS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84892599340     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-013-2846-5     Document Type: Article

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