Epidemiology of rheumatoid arthritis in a tertiary care unit, Karachi, Pakistan.
Alam SM, Kidwai AA, Jafri SR, Qureshi BM, Sami A, Qureshi HH, Mirza H. Epidemiology of rheumatoid arthritis in a tertiary care unit, Karachi, Pakistan. Journal Of The Pakistan Medical Association 2011, 61: 123-6. PMID: 21375157.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExtra-articular manifestationsTertiary care hospitalIschemic heart diseaseRheumatoid arthritisRheumatology clinicCare hospitalHeart diseaseCardiovascular diseaseCommon extra-articular manifestationRetrospective medical chart reviewLiaquat National HospitalMedical chart reviewInterstitial lung diseaseDemographic characteristicsTertiary care unitAge 16 yearsAge group 16Years of agePre-defined criteriaExtraarticular manifestationsRA patientsChart reviewACR criteriaFemale predominanceCare unit