Gender Difference In Severity Of Rheumatoid Arthritis

SOURCE: Medical News Today

DATE:  January 14, 2009

EXCERPT: "Women appear to suffer more from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) than men."    more

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Sokka T, Toloza S, Cutolo M, Kautiainen H, Makinen H, Gogus F, Skakic V, Badsha H, Peets T, Baranauskaite A, Géher P, Ujfalussy I, Skopouli FN, Mavrommati M, Alten R, Pohl C, Sibilia J, Stancati A, Salaffi F, Romanowski W, Zarowny-Wierzbinska D, Henrohn D, Bresnihan B, Minnock P, Knudsen LS, Jacobs JW, Calvo-Alen J, Lazovskis J, Pinheiro GD, Karateev D, Andersone D, Rexhepi S, Yazici Y, Pincus T; the QUEST-RA Group.  Women, men, and rheumatoid arthritis: analyses of disease activity, disease characteristics, and treatments in the QUEST-RA Study. Arthritis Res Ther. 2009 Jan 14;11(1):R7.