Socio-demographic and clinical aspects of rheumatoid arthritis
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Socio-demographic and clinical aspects of rheumatoid arthritis.
OBJECTIVE To determine the socio-demographic profiles and some clinical aspects of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). DESIGN Prospective, cross-sectional study. SETTING Ambulatory out- patient clinics of Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), a public national and referral hospital. SUBJECTS Out of 180 patients interviewed and examined, 60 met American College of Rheumatology (ACR) diagn...
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عنوان ژورنال: East African Medical Journal
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0012-835X
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v86i5.54190