Respiratory viral infections and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis

Abstract Background We aimed to investigate the effects of ambient respiratory viral infections in the general population on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) development. Methods Data of weekly incident RA (2012–2013) were obtained from the Korean National Health Insurance claims database, and those of wee...

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Main Authors: Young Bin Joo, Youn-Hee Lim, Ki-Jo Kim, Kyung-Su Park, Yune-Jung Park
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:Arthritis Research & Therapy
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13075-019-1977-9