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Rheumatology 2000; 39: 112-113
© 2000 British Society for Rheumatology

Letters to the Editor

Does the age of onset of rheumatoid arthritis influence phenotype?: a prospective study of outcome and prognostic factors

B. J. Harrison, A. J. Silman and D. P. M. Symmons

ARC Epidemiology Research Unit, Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK

Sir, We read with interest the article by Pease et al. [1] which examined disease outcome in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to age at disease onset. The authors found that patients with late-onset RA—`LORA' (onset after age 64 yr)—had similar levels of functional disability and erosions at a median follow-up time of 3–4 yr, compared with those with younger-onset . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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C. T. Pease, B. Bhakta, J. Devlin and P. Emery

Leeds General Infirmary, Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3EX, UK


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