Types of pain and their psychosocial impact in women with rheumatoid arthritis

Abstract Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic inflammatory autoimmune disease predominantly affecting middle-aged women. Very commonly, pain is a manifestation of active disease and because untreated RA can result in joint deformities, the current evaluation of pain has largely focused on inflamm...

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Main Authors: Maria Gabriela Chancay, Shirin Nouri Guendsechadze, Irene Blanco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:Women's Midlife Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40695-019-0047-4