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Increased risk of osteoporotic fractures in patients with systemic sclerosis: a nationwide population-based study

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  • Chien-Chih Lai Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Shu-Hung Wang National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Wei-Sheng Chen Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Chia-Jen Liu Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan Institute of Public Health & School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Tzeng-Ji Chen National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Pui-Ching Lee Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Yu-Sheng Chang National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr YS Chang, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, No. 291, Zhongzheng Road, Zhonghe District, New Taipei City 23561, Taiwan; risea65{at}yahoo.com.tw
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Lai C, Wang S, Chen W, et al
Increased risk of osteoporotic fractures in patients with systemic sclerosis: a nationwide population-based study
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2015;74:1347-1352.

Publication history

  • Received October 28, 2013
  • Revised January 26, 2014
  • Accepted February 2, 2014
  • First published February 14, 2014.
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November 02, 2019

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