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S Reza Jafarzadeh et al. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 Jan.

. 2019 Jan;71(1):175-176.

doi: 10.1002/art.40732. Epub 2018 Nov 24.

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Updated Estimates Suggest a Much Higher Prevalence of Arthritis in United States Adults Than Previous Ones.
Jafarzadeh SR, Felson DT. Jafarzadeh SR, et al. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2018 Feb;70(2):185-192. doi: 10.1002/art.40355. Epub 2018 Jan 3. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2018. PMID: 29178176 Free PMC article.
Arthritis Prevalence: Which Case Definition Should Be Used for Surveillance? Comment on the Article by Jafarzadeh and Felson.
Murphy LB, Sacks JJ, Helmick CG, Brady TJ, Barbour KE, Hootman JM, Boring MA, Moss S, Guglielmo D, Theis KA. Murphy LB, et al. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 Jan;71(1):172-175. doi: 10.1002/art.40733. Epub 2018 Dec 4. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019. PMID: 30251477 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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