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Increased Risk of Herpes Zoster in Rheumatoid Arthritis Is Not Only Due to Jak Inhibitors: Study of 392 Patients from a Single University Center
2024-03-18
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<h4>Background: </h4> /Objectives: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have an increased risk of infections. The risk of presenting herpes zoster (HZ) is 1.5-2 times higher than in immunocompetent individuals and disseminated presentation is more frequent. Our aim was to analyze the prevalence and general features of HZ in RA patients. <h4>Methods:</h4> Prospective study of 392 RA patients included in the vacc...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 59a56222-2980-5ce8-b57f-26ab29c4dd26
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202403.0979.v1
