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Medscape: Continuing Medical Education Online
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Medscape, LLC designates this Journal-based CME activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) (TM) . Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
All other clinicians completing this activity will be issued a certificate of participation. To participate in this journal CME activity: (1) review the learning objectives and author disclosures; (2) study the education content; (3) take the post-test with a 75% minimum passing score and complete the evaluation at www.medscape.org/journal/ijcr; (4) view/print certificate.
Release date: 7 February 2014; Expiration date: 7 February 2015
Learning objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
* Analyze the epidemiology and clinical consequences of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) among men and women
* Evaluate the relationship between sex hormones and RA among men
* Assess how hormonal treatments can affect the incidence and severity of RA
Financial & competing interests disclosure
CME Author
Charles P Vega, MD, Department of Family Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
Disclosure: Charles P Vega has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
Authors and Disclosures
Carl Turesson, Section of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden; and Department of Rheumatology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
Disclosure: Carl Turesson has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
Mitra Pikwer, Section of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden; and Department of Rheumatology, Eskilstuna Central Hospital, Eskilstuna, Sweden
Disclosure: Mitra Pikwer has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
Editor
Elisa Manzotti , Publisher, Future Science Group, London, UK
Disclosure: Elisa Manzotti has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
Figure 1. Incidence rates of rheumatoid arthritis per 100,000 population, by sex and age group, in Norfolk UK: from a population-based inception cohort of patients with inflammatory polyarthritis assembled in 1990. Incident rheumatoid arthritis was defined as cumulative fulfillment of the 1987 ACR criteria for rheumatoid arthritis within 5 years of follow-up. Data taken from [3].
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