Immediate and delayed impact of oral glucocorticoid therapy on risk of serious infection in older patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a nested case–control analysis

OBJECTIVES: To explore the relationship of serious infection risk with current and prior oral glucocorticoid (GC) therapy in elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS: A case-control analysis matched 1947 serious infection cases to five controls, selected from 16207 RA patients aged ≥...

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Autores principales: Dixon, William G, Abrahamowicz, Michal, Beauchamp, Marie-Eve, Ray, David W, Bernatsky, Sasha, Suissa, Samy, Sylvestre, Marie-Pierre
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Group 2012
Materias:
Clinical and Epidemiological Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3375584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22241902
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-200702

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3375584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22241902
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-200702

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