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Delayed anti-TNF therapy increases the risk of total knee replacement in patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis

BACKGROUND: This study evaluated the effect of early anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapy in patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on the subsequent risk of total knee replacement (TKR) surgery. METHODS: This retrospective observational study included a hospital-based cohort of 200 pati...

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Autores principales: Chen, Ying-Chou, Chiu, Wen-Chan, Cheng, Tien-Tsai, Lai, Han-Ming, Yu, Shan-Fu, Su, Ben Yu-Jih, Hsu, Chung-Yuan, Ko, Chi-Hua, Chen, Jia-Feng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5540514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28764690
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-017-1685-z