Association of human papillomavirus infection with risk for rheumatoid arthritis: a population-based cohort study

Ann Rheum Dis. 2019 Dec;78(12):1734-1736. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-215931. Epub 2019 Aug 14.

Yen-Tze Liu^{1

2

3}, Hsi-Kai Tsou^{4

5}, Jeng-Yuan Chiou⁶, Yu-Hsun Wang⁷, Ming-Chih Chou^{1

8}, James Cheng-Chung Wei^{9

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11}

¹ Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
² Department of Family Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan.
³ Department of Holistic Wellness, Mingdao University, Changhua, Taiwan.
⁴ Functional Neurosurgery Division, Neurological Institute, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁵ Department of Rehabilitation, Jen-Teh Junior College of Medicine, Nursing and Management, Miaoli, Taiwan.
⁶ School of Health Policy and Management, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁷ Department of Medical Research, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁸ Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁹ Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan jccwei@gmail.com.
¹⁰ Department of Internal Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
¹¹ Graduate Institute of Integrated Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.

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Keywords: cohort study; human papillomavirus; immunosenescence; molecular mimicry; rheumatoid arthritis.

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