Rheumatoid arthritis and excess mortality: down but not out: a primary care cohort study using data from Clinical Practice Research Datalink

Objectives: To examine temporal trends in all-cause and cause-specific mortality in RA. Methods: Data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) were used. Incident RA cases and four age, sex and general practice matched controls were identified from at-risk cohorts for each calendar ye...

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Main Authors: Abhishek, Abhishek, Nakafero, Georgina, Kuo, Chang-Fu, Mallen, Christian, Zhang, Weiya, Grainge, Matthew J., Doherty, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2018
Online Access:http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49858/
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