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Causal relationship between rheumatoid arthritis and bronchiectasis: a bidirectional mendelian randomization study.
Arthritis research & therapy - 23 May 2024
Chen Zehu, Li Xuegang, Shi Honglei, Huang Yiying, Liu Jing
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BACKGROUND: Epidemiological observational studies have elucidated a correlation between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and bronchiectasis. However, the causal nature of this association remains ambiguous. To clarify this potential causal linkage, we conducted a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis to explore the bidirectional causality between RA and bronchiectasis. METHODS: Summary statistics for RA and...
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