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The risk of tuberculosis disease in rheumatoid arthritis patients on biologics and targeted therapy:...

The risk of tuberculosis disease in rheumatoid arthritis patients on biologics and targeted therapy:...

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The risk of tuberculosis disease in rheumatoid arthritis patients on biologics and targeted therapy: A 15-year real world experience in Taiwan

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The risk of tuberculosis disease in rheumatoid arthritis patients on biologics and targeted therapy: A 15-year real world experience in Taiwan

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United States: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PloS one, 2017-06, Vol.12 (6), p.e0178035-e0178035

Language

English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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Contents

The objective of this study is to determine the risk of tuberculosis (TB) disease in biologics users among rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients in Taiwan from 2000 to 2015. This retrospective cohort study enrolled adult RA patients initiated on first biologics at Taichung Veterans General Hospital. TB risks were determined as hazard ratio (HR) with 9...

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The risk of tuberculosis disease in rheumatoid arthritis patients on biologics and targeted therapy: A 15-year real world experience in Taiwan

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1904976281

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1904976281

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ISSN

1932-6203

E-ISSN

1932-6203

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0178035

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