title: Reassessment of twelve traditional paradigms concerning the diagnosis, prevalence, morbidity and mortality of rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: Twelve traditional paradigms concerning the diagnosis, prevalence, morbidity and mortality of rheumatoid arthritis have provided much of the conventional wisdom in textbooks and clinical practice. Reassessment of these paradigms may lead to new insights and improved outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pincus
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Callahan
mesh_terms: D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D015897:Comorbidity; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015233:Models, Statistical; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D009656:North America / Q000453:epidemiology; D015985:Precipitating Factors; D011379:Prognosis; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic