Association of Hydroxychloroquine Use with a Dose-Dependent Decrease in Mortality Risk in Patients with Elderly-Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis

Association of Hydroxychloroquine Use with a Dose-Dependent Decrease in Mortality Risk in Patients with Elderly-Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis

Abstract Introduction Elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis (EORA) is associated with an increased mortality risk; however, the effect of conventional synthetic, biologics or targeted synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (csDMARDs, bDMARDs or tsDMARDs) on the EORA-specific mortality risk is...

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Main Authors: Ching-Tsai Lin, Wen-Nan Huang, Jun-Peng Chen, Wei-Ting Hung, Tsu-Yi Hsieh, Hsin-Hua Chen, Kuo-Tung Tang, Der-Yuan Chen, Yi-Hsing Chen, Yi-Ming Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Adis, Springer Healthcare 2023-05-01
Series:Rheumatology and Therapy
Subjects:
Elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis
Mortality risk
Hydroxychloroquine
Geriatric
Malignancy
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s40744-023-00561-1

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s40744-023-00561-1

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