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A prospective study of androgen levels, hormone-related genes and risk of rheumatoid arthritis

INTRODUCTION: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is more common in females than males and sex steroid hormones may in part explain this difference. We conducted a case–control study nested within two prospective studies to determine the associations between plasma steroid hormones measured prior to RA onset...

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Autores principales: Karlson, Elizabeth W, Chibnik, Lori B, McGrath, Monica, Chang, Shun-Chiao, Keenan, Brendan T, Costenbader, Karen H, Fraser, Patricia A, Tworoger, Shelley, Hankinson, Susan E, Lee, I-Min, Buring, Julie, De Vivo, Immaculata
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2714153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19555469
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar2742