RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS - COMPLICATIONS BEYOND THE JOINTS

Authors
BELL CL
Citation
Cl. Bell, RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS - COMPLICATIONS BEYOND THE JOINTS, Postgraduate medicine, 95(4), 1994, pp. 127
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Postgraduate medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
00325481
Volume
95
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5481(1994)95:4<127:R-CBTJ>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The physical effects of rheumatoid arthritis go beyond joint pain and destruction. The disease may take a toll on numerous organ systems and has been shown to increase morbidity and mortality. How does it affec t the lungs? The heart? The nervous system? In this article, Dr Bell a nswers these and other questions about the extra-articular manifestati ons of rheumatoid arthritis.