Has the severity of rheumatoid arthritis at presentation diminished over time?

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1590-1599

  Diffin, Janet G ^a   Lunt, Mark ^a   Marshall, Tarnya ^b   Chipping, Jacqueline R ^c   Symmons, Deborah P M ^a,d   Verstappen, Suzanne M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Changes over time; Disease Activity; Disease severity; Functional disability; Inception cohort; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAS28; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; UNITED KINGDOM; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84905491386     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.131136     Document Type: Article

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