Abstract:Introduction:Early diagnosis and intervention is known to improve the outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Information on the time duration from the symptom onset of rheumatoid arthritis to the presentation to specialty care in Sri Lanka is not available. The aim of this study was to evaluate the time duration from symptom onset to the first visit of patients to a rheumatology specialty clinic in Sri Lanka and changing trends over a period.Methods: This retrospective observational study was carried … Show more
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.