Different Risk of Tuberculosis and Efficacy of Isoniazid Prophylaxis in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Biologic Therapy: A Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Study in Taiwan

• Tsai-Ling Liao ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tsai-Ling Liao, Ching-Heng Lin

  Affiliations Department of Medical Education and Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Institute of Biomedical Science and Rong Hsing Research Center for Translational Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Ching-Heng Lin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tsai-Ling Liao, Ching-Heng Lin

  Affiliations Department of Medical Education and Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Health Care Management, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Yi-Ming Chen,

  Affiliations Department of Medical Education and Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Institute of Biomedical Science and Rong Hsing Research Center for Translational Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Chia-Li Chang,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Education and Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Hsin-Hua Chen,

  Affiliations Department of Medical Education and Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Der-Yuan Chen

  * E-mail: dychen@vghtc.gov.tw

  Affiliations Department of Medical Education and Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Institute of Biomedical Science and Rong Hsing Research Center for Translational Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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