Confounding by Indication Probably Distorts the Relationship between Steroid Use and Cardiovascular Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from a Prospective Cohort Study

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Alper M. van Sijl ,

* E-mail: Alper.vanSijl@vumc.nl

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Maarten Boers,

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Alexandre E. Voskuyl,

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Michael T. Nurmohamed

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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