Clinical assessment of the long-term risk of fracture in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have an increased risk of fracture, and to estimate their long-term absolute fracture risk. METHODS: We studied patients with RA ages >or=40 years in the British General Practice Research Database, each matched by age, se...

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Main Authors: van Staa, T, Geusens, P, Bijlsma, J, Leufkens, H, Cooper, C
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2006