The challenging interplay between rheumatoid arthritis, ageing and comorbidities

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Van Onna, Marloes ^a   Boonen, Annelies ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ageing; Comorbidity; Elderly; Multimorbidity; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSENESCENCE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LUNG DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEOPLASM; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY;

AGING; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 84964619875     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12891-016-1038-3     Document Type: Article

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