Clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of pneumonia in patients with and without rheumatoid arthritis.

BACKGROUND:To elucidate the characteristics of pneumonia in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and to assess whether pneumonia in RA patients differs from that in non-RA patients. METHODS:We retrospectively divided pneumonia patients into two groups, those with RA and those without RA, and compared...

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Main Authors: Aya Wakabayashi, Takashi Ishiguro, Yotaro Takaku, Yosuke Miyahara, Naho Kagiyama, Noboru Takayanagi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6075779?pdf=render