Methodological Challenges When Comparing Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of International Observational Registries

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1637-1645

  Verstappen, Suzanne M M ^a   Askling, Johan ^b   Berglind, Niklas ^c   Franzen, Stefan ^c   Frisell, Thomas ^d   Garwood, Christopher ^a   Greenberg, Jeffrey D ^e   Holmqvist, Marie ^d   Horne, Laura ^f   Lampl, Kathy ^f   Michaud, Kaleb ^g   Nyberg, Fredrik ^h   Pappas, Dimitrios A ⁱ   Reed, George ^j   Symmons, Deborah P M ^a   Tanaka, Eiichi ^k   Tran, Trung N ^l   Yamanaka, Hisashi ^k   Ho, Meilien ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

ⁱ New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^k TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l MEDIMMUNE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; METHOTREXATE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSORTIUM OF RHEUMATOLOGY RESEARCHERS OF NORTH AMERICA REGISTRY; CONSORTIUM OF RHEUMATOLOGY RESEARCHERS OF NORTH AMERICA REGISTRY INTERNATIONAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS COHORT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORFOLK ARTHRITIS REGISTER; PREVALENCE; REGISTRATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDISH RHEUMATOLOGY QUALITY OF CARE REGISTER; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ASIA; BLOOD; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; EUROPE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; REGISTER; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AMERICA; STANDARDS; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ASIA; BIOMARKERS; COMORBIDITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AMERICA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84956631544     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.22661     Document Type: Article

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