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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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2006
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