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Higher incidence of rheumatoid arthritis in patients with symptomatic osteoarthritis or osteoarthritis-related surgery: a nationwide, population-based, case-control study in Taiwan.
BMJ open - 18 Dec 2015
Lu Ming-Chi, Liu Keng-Chang, Lai Ning-Sheng, Koo Malcolm
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OBJECTIVES: To investigate the risk of incident rheumatoid arthritis in patients with symptomatic osteoarthritis or osteoarthritis-related surgery using a nationwide health claims database. DESIGN: A nationwide, population-based, case-control study. SETTING: Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 1147 patients (aged 20-100 years) with rheumatoid arthritis and 5735 controls...
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