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Smoking and rheumatoid vasculitis

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Smoking habits were compared in 211 patients with rheumatoid arthritis without vasculitis and 45 patients with rheumatoid vasculitis. Smoking was more common in patients with vasculitis (P<0.02) and there was a significant association between smoking and the occurrence of nailfold lesions in males with vasculitis.

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  1. Rheumatism Research Wing, The Medical School, The University of Birmingham, B15 2TJ, Birmingham, UK

    G. R. Struthers, D. L. Scott & J. P. Delamere

  2. Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry, UK

    H. Sheppeard

  3. Highfield Hospital, Droitwich, UK

    M. Kitt

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Struthers, G.R., Scott, D.L., Delamere, J.P. et al. Smoking and rheumatoid vasculitis. Rheumatol Int 1, 145–146 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00541260

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