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Acupuncture decreased the risk of coronary heart disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in Taiwan: a Nationwide propensity score-matched study

BACKGROUND: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a higher risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). Acupuncture, a commonly used treatment for patients with RA, has not been reported to prevent CHD in patients with RA. We aimed to assess the risk of developing CHD in acupuncture users and non-us...

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Autores principales: Wu, Mei-Yao, Huang, Ming-Cheng, Liao, Hou-Hsun, Chiang, Jen-Huai, Lee, Yu-Chen, Hsu, Chung-Y, Sun, Mao-Feng, Yen, Hung-Rong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6303917/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30577824
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12906-018-2384-5