Emmanuel Papadimitropoulos, Alan Brnabic, Ellen Vorstenbosch, Felice Leonardi, Sebastian Moyano, Diana Gomez
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease which, when left untreated, may result in the destruction of multiple joints and damage a wide variety of body systems, including the skin, eyes, lungs, heart, and blood vessels. The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review of disease burden for RA in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela. PubMed/Medline, Embase, and Web of Science were searched for publications in English, Spanish, or Portuguese from 2008 through June 2018...
April 2022: International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases