Methotrexate is not associated with increased liver cirrhosis in a population-based cohort of rheumatoid arthritis patients with chronic hepatitis B

A few studies showed that long-term methotrexate (MTX) use exacerbates liver fibrosis and even leads to liver cirrhosis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. We therefore conducted a population-based cohort study to investigate the impact of long-term MTX use on the risk of chronic hepatitis B (CHB...

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Autores principales: Tang, Kuo-Tung, Hung, Wei-Ting, Chen, Yi-Hsing, Lin, Ching-Heng, Chen, Der-Yuan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4772158/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26928373
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep22387

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