Mortality in early inflammatory polyarthritis: Cardiovascular mortality is increased in seropositive patients

Goodson, Nicola; Wiles, Nicola; Lunt, Mark; M Barrett, E; J. Silman, Alan; Symmons, Deborah

doi:10.1002/art.10419

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Mortality in early inflammatory polyarthritis: Cardiovascular mortality is increased in seropositive patients

Published in Arthritis & Rheumatism • Aug 1, 2002

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Nicola Goodson

Nicola Wiles

Mark Lunt

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine the degree and causes of any excess mortality observed during the early years of inflammatory polyarthritis (IP). METHODS: Between 1990 and 1994, a total of 1,236 patients were registered with the Norfolk Arthritis Register, a primary care-based inception cohort. All patients...

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Medicine

Internal medicine

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