Persistence with statins and onset of rheumatoid arthritis: A population-based cohort study

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Chodick, Gabriel ^a,b   Amital, Howard ^b,c   Shalem, Yoav ^b   Kokia, Ehud ^a   Heymann, Anthony D ^a,b   Porath, Avi ^a,d   Shalev, Varda ^a,b  

^a MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; CERIVASTATIN; FLUINDOSTATIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MEVINOLIN; PRAVASTATIN; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957881420     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000336     Document Type: Article

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