Open AccessGender Is a Risk Factor for Annual Decline in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate in Patients Treated with Biological DMARDs in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis: a Retrospective Observational Study
Author(s) -
SeongKyu Kim,
JungYoon Choe
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of korean medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1598-6357
pISSN - 1011-8934
DOI - 10.3346/jkms.2018.33.e188
Subject(s) - medicine , renal function , rheumatoid arthritis , ankylosing spondylitis , psoriatic arthritis , observational study , kidney disease , creatinine
This study found that gender, especially men, might be responsible for annual decline in eGFR in RA and AS patients treated with bDMARDs.
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