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Does the age of onset of rheumatoid arthritis influence phenotype?: a prospective study of outcome and prognostic factors.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Mar 1999
Pease C T, Bhakta B B, Devlin J, Emery P
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OBJECTIVE: To identify factors affecting prognosis in patients with late-onset rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS: A total of 400 patients with RA fulfilling the American College of Rheumatology criteria for diagnosis were prospectively recruited from two hospital rheumatology centres. Of these patients, 214 had disease onset above age 65 yr (LORA) and 186 below age 65 yr (YORA). Follow-up clinical, functional,...
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