Search Information for Natural History of Rheumatoid Arthritis
This segment summarizes information collected from a search of published medical literature. Various search databases were used including Ovid Medline, Medline Daily, Medline In-Process, Embase, Biosis Previews, and Derwent Drug File. Also, where noted, information made available through other means (e.g., publicly available regulatory briefing documents, other public reports, or medical textbooks) may have been included. Information has been cited in the body of the text, references follow each section, and a full bibliography is provided for the website.
Search Terms
The literature search included the following terms: disability, epidemiology, extra-articular, incidence, morbidity, mortality, natural, history, pathophysiology, prevalence, QOL, quality of life, rheumatoid arthritis. Search results were then limited to "English" and "Human." As content continues to be updated, additional search terms and methods may be utilized as appropriate. Where appropriate, truncation was used in the searches.
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Content on this page was last reviewed on March 31, 2008.
Content on this page was last changed on March 25, 2009.
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