Gender Impact on Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Characteristics in A Cohort of Egyptian Patients

NESREEN S. ABD EL-GHANY, M.D. IBRAHEM M. SIAM, M.D., AMIRA M. MONIR, Ph.D.
2019 The Medical journal of Cairo University  
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by various extra-articular manifestations and progressive articular damage. It has been a common perception that RA is more severe in females, but the literature is not clear about gender difference regarding RA disease course and prognosis.
doi:10.21608/mjcu.2019.54045 fatcat:4t7peipvjnekzb6yd3z6wz7te4