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- Title
Decrease in the incidence of total hip arthroplasties in patients with rheumatoid arthritis--results from a well defined population in south Sweden.
- Authors
Hekmat, Korosh; Jacobsson, Lennart; Nilsson, Jan-Åke; Petersson, Ingemar F; Robertsson, Otto; Garellick, Göran; Turesson, Carl
- Abstract
One aim of modern pharmacologic treatment in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is to prevent joint destruction and reduce the need for surgery. Our purpose was to investigate secular trends in the incidence of primary total hip and knee arthroplasties in a well defined sample of patients with RA.
- Publication
Arthritis research & therapy, 2011, Vol 13, Issue 2, pR67
- ISSN
1478-6362
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1186/ar3328