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Incidence and Prevalence of Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Health Management Organization in Argentina: A 15-year Study
Wai Tan Di, Facundo Vergara, Emmanuel Bertiller, Maria de los Angeles Gallardo, Ignacio Gandino, Marina Scolnik, Maximiliano J. Martinez, Mónica G. Schpilberg, Javier Rosa and Enrique R. Soriano
The Journal of Rheumatology April 2016, jrheum.151262; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.151262
Wai Tan Di
From the School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA; Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, and Department of Clinical Investigation, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; Fundación P.M. Catoggio, Buenos Aires, Argentina. W.T. Di, BA, School of Medicine, Stony Brook University; F. Vergara, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; E. Bertiller, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M.A. Gallardo, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; I. Gandino, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M. Scolnik, MD, Rheumatologist, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M.J. Martinez, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M.G. Schpilberg, MD, Coordinator, Department of Clinical Investigation, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; J. Rosa, MD, Rheumatologist, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires and Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, and Fundación P.M. Catoggio; E.R. Soriano, MD, MS, Head of the Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires and Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, and Fundación P.M. Catoggio. Address correspondence to Dr. E.R. Soriano, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Peron 4190, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires (C1199ABB), Argentina. E-mail: enrique.soriano@hospitalitaliano.org.ar. Accepted for publication March 3, 2016.
Facundo Vergara
From the School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA; Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, and Department of Clinical Investigation, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; Fundación P.M. Catoggio, Buenos Aires, Argentina. W.T. Di, BA, School of Medicine, Stony Brook University; F. Vergara, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; E. Bertiller, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M.A. Gallardo, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; I. Gandino, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M. Scolnik, MD, Rheumatologist, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M.J. Martinez, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M.G. Schpilberg, MD, Coordinator, Department of Clinical Investigation, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; J. Rosa, MD, Rheumatologist, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires and Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, and Fundación P.M. Catoggio; E.R. Soriano, MD, MS, Head of the Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires and Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, and Fundación P.M. Catoggio. Address correspondence to Dr. E.R. Soriano, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Peron 4190, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires (C1199ABB), Argentina. E-mail: enrique.soriano@hospitalitaliano.org.ar. Accepted for publication March 3, 2016.
Emmanuel Bertiller
From the School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA; Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, and Department of Clinical Investigation, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; Fundación P.M. Catoggio, Buenos Aires, Argentina. W.T. Di, BA, School of Medicine, Stony Brook University; F. Vergara, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; E. Bertiller, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M.A. Gallardo, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; I. Gandino, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M. Scolnik, MD, Rheumatologist, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M.J. Martinez, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M.G. Schpilberg, MD, Coordinator, Department of Clinical Investigation, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; J. Rosa, MD, Rheumatologist, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires and Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, and Fundación P.M. Catoggio; E.R. Soriano, MD, MS, Head of the Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires and Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, and Fundación P.M. Catoggio. Address correspondence to Dr. E.R. Soriano, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Peron 4190, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires (C1199ABB), Argentina. E-mail: enrique.soriano@hospitalitaliano.org.ar. Accepted for publication March 3, 2016.
Maria de los Angeles Gallardo
From the School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA; Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, and Department of Clinical Investigation, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; Fundación P.M. Catoggio, Buenos Aires, Argentina. W.T. Di, BA, School of Medicine, Stony Brook University; F. Vergara, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; E. Bertiller, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M.A. Gallardo, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; I. Gandino, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M. Scolnik, MD, Rheumatologist, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M.J. Martinez, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M.G. Schpilberg, MD, Coordinator, Department of Clinical Investigation, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; J. Rosa, MD, Rheumatologist, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires and Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, and Fundación P.M. Catoggio; E.R. Soriano, MD, MS, Head of the Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires and Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, and Fundación P.M. Catoggio. Address correspondence to Dr. E.R. Soriano, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Peron 4190, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires (C1199ABB), Argentina. E-mail: enrique.soriano@hospitalitaliano.org.ar. Accepted for publication March 3, 2016.
Ignacio Gandino
From the School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA; Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, and Department of Clinical Investigation, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; Fundación P.M. Catoggio, Buenos Aires, Argentina. W.T. Di, BA, School of Medicine, Stony Brook University; F. Vergara, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; E. Bertiller, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M.A. Gallardo, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; I. Gandino, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M. Scolnik, MD, Rheumatologist, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M.J. Martinez, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M.G. Schpilberg, MD, Coordinator, Department of Clinical Investigation, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; J. Rosa, MD, Rheumatologist, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires and Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, and Fundación P.M. Catoggio; E.R. Soriano, MD, MS, Head of the Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires and Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, and Fundación P.M. Catoggio. Address correspondence to Dr. E.R. Soriano, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Peron 4190, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires (C1199ABB), Argentina. E-mail: enrique.soriano@hospitalitaliano.org.ar. Accepted for publication March 3, 2016.
Marina Scolnik
From the School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA; Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, and Department of Clinical Investigation, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; Fundación P.M. Catoggio, Buenos Aires, Argentina. W.T. Di, BA, School of Medicine, Stony Brook University; F. Vergara, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; E. Bertiller, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M.A. Gallardo, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; I. Gandino, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M. Scolnik, MD, Rheumatologist, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M.J. Martinez, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M.G. Schpilberg, MD, Coordinator, Department of Clinical Investigation, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; J. Rosa, MD, Rheumatologist, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires and Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, and Fundación P.M. Catoggio; E.R. Soriano, MD, MS, Head of the Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires and Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, and Fundación P.M. Catoggio. Address correspondence to Dr. E.R. Soriano, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Peron 4190, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires (C1199ABB), Argentina. E-mail: enrique.soriano@hospitalitaliano.org.ar. Accepted for publication March 3, 2016.
Maximiliano J. Martinez
From the School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA; Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, and Department of Clinical Investigation, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; Fundación P.M. Catoggio, Buenos Aires, Argentina. W.T. Di, BA, School of Medicine, Stony Brook University; F. Vergara, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; E. Bertiller, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M.A. Gallardo, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; I. Gandino, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M. Scolnik, MD, Rheumatologist, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M.J. Martinez, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M.G. Schpilberg, MD, Coordinator, Department of Clinical Investigation, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; J. Rosa, MD, Rheumatologist, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires and Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, and Fundación P.M. Catoggio; E.R. Soriano, MD, MS, Head of the Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires and Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, and Fundación P.M. Catoggio. Address correspondence to Dr. E.R. Soriano, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Peron 4190, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires (C1199ABB), Argentina. E-mail: enrique.soriano@hospitalitaliano.org.ar. Accepted for publication March 3, 2016.
Mónica G. Schpilberg
From the School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA; Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, and Department of Clinical Investigation, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; Fundación P.M. Catoggio, Buenos Aires, Argentina. W.T. Di, BA, School of Medicine, Stony Brook University; F. Vergara, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; E. Bertiller, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M.A. Gallardo, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; I. Gandino, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M. Scolnik, MD, Rheumatologist, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M.J. Martinez, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M.G. Schpilberg, MD, Coordinator, Department of Clinical Investigation, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; J. Rosa, MD, Rheumatologist, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires and Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, and Fundación P.M. Catoggio; E.R. Soriano, MD, MS, Head of the Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires and Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, and Fundación P.M. Catoggio. Address correspondence to Dr. E.R. Soriano, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Peron 4190, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires (C1199ABB), Argentina. E-mail: enrique.soriano@hospitalitaliano.org.ar. Accepted for publication March 3, 2016.
Javier Rosa
From the School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA; Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, and Department of Clinical Investigation, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; Fundación P.M. Catoggio, Buenos Aires, Argentina. W.T. Di, BA, School of Medicine, Stony Brook University; F. Vergara, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; E. Bertiller, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M.A. Gallardo, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; I. Gandino, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M. Scolnik, MD, Rheumatologist, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M.J. Martinez, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M.G. Schpilberg, MD, Coordinator, Department of Clinical Investigation, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; J. Rosa, MD, Rheumatologist, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires and Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, and Fundación P.M. Catoggio; E.R. Soriano, MD, MS, Head of the Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires and Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, and Fundación P.M. Catoggio. Address correspondence to Dr. E.R. Soriano, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Peron 4190, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires (C1199ABB), Argentina. E-mail: enrique.soriano@hospitalitaliano.org.ar. Accepted for publication March 3, 2016.
Enrique R. Soriano
From the School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA; Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, and Department of Clinical Investigation, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; Fundación P.M. Catoggio, Buenos Aires, Argentina. W.T. Di, BA, School of Medicine, Stony Brook University; F. Vergara, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; E. Bertiller, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M.A. Gallardo, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; I. Gandino, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M. Scolnik, MD, Rheumatologist, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M.J. Martinez, MD, Rheumatology Fellow, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; M.G. Schpilberg, MD, Coordinator, Department of Clinical Investigation, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; J. Rosa, MD, Rheumatologist, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires and Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, and Fundación P.M. Catoggio; E.R. Soriano, MD, MS, Head of the Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires and Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, and Fundación P.M. Catoggio. Address correspondence to Dr. E.R. Soriano, Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Peron 4190, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires (C1199ABB), Argentina. E-mail: enrique.soriano@hospitalitaliano.org.ar. Accepted for publication March 3, 2016.
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The Journal of Rheumatology
Vol. 51, Issue 4
1 Apr 2024
Incidence and Prevalence of Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Health Management Organization in Argentina: A 15-year Study
Wai Tan Di, Facundo Vergara, Emmanuel Bertiller, Maria de los Angeles Gallardo, Ignacio Gandino, Marina Scolnik, Maximiliano J. Martinez, Mónica G. Schpilberg, Javier Rosa, Enrique R. Soriano
The Journal of Rheumatology Apr 2016, jrheum.151262; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.151262
Incidence and Prevalence of Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Health Management Organization in Argentina: A 15-year Study
Wai Tan Di, Facundo Vergara, Emmanuel Bertiller, Maria de los Angeles Gallardo, Ignacio Gandino, Marina Scolnik, Maximiliano J. Martinez, Mónica G. Schpilberg, Javier Rosa, Enrique R. Soriano
The Journal of Rheumatology Apr 2016, jrheum.151262; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.151262