title: [Rheumatoid arthritis in the elderly].
abstract: Opinions differ as to whether late onset rheumatoid arthritis (RA) represents a clinical subset and whether age at onset involves differences in therapy and prognosis. In this retrospective study we compared 23 patients with early onset RA (average onset 52.8 years; 91.3% of them women), with 36 with late onset (average onset 70.3 years; 67% of them women). No statistically significant differences were found as to demographic, clinical, laboratory or radiographic characteristics.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Geriatric Medicine, Meir Hospital, Kfar Saba.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yaretzky
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Feldman
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Alterman
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Finkeltov
mesh_terms: D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies