Stress fractures in rheumatoid arthritis: A case series and case-control study

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1690-1692

  Kay, L J ^a   Holland, T M ^a   Platt, P N ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MORBIDITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; STEROID THERAPY; STRESS FRACTURE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 9644262574     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2003.010322     Document Type: Article

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