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Common vaccinations among adults do not increase the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis: results from the Swedish EIRA study.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Oct 2010
Bengtsson Camilla, Kapetanovic Meliha C, Källberg Henrik, Sverdrup Berit, Nordmark Birgitta, Klareskog Lars, Alfredsson Lars
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between vaccinations in adults and the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS: Data from the Swedish population-based Epidemiological Investigation of RA case-control study encompassing 1998 incident cases of RA aged 18-70 years and 2252 randomly selected controls matched for age, sex and residency were analysed. Those vaccinated within 5 years before...
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