Incident osteoarthritis and osteoarthritis-related joint replacement surgery in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: A secondary cohort analysis of a nationwide, population-based health claims database

Ming-Chi Lu; Chien-Hsueh Tung; Chang-Chen Yang; Chun-Lung Wang; Kuang-Yung Huang; Malcolm Koo; Ning-Sheng Lai

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0187594

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Incident osteoarthritis and osteoarthritis-related joint replacement surgery in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: A secondary cohort analysis of a nationwide, population-based health claims database

Ming-Chi Lu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ming-Chi Lu, Chien-Hsueh Tung, Chang-Chen Yang

Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Dalin, Chiayi, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien City, Taiwan
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Chien-Hsueh Tung ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ming-Chi Lu, Chien-Hsueh Tung, Chang-Chen Yang

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Dalin, Chiayi, Taiwan
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Chang-Chen Yang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ming-Chi Lu, Chien-Hsueh Tung, Chang-Chen Yang

Affiliation Division of Orthopedics, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Dalin, Chiayi, Taiwan
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Chun-Lung Wang,

Affiliation Division of Pediatrics, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Dalin, Chiayi, Taiwan
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Kuang-Yung Huang,

Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Dalin, Chiayi, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien City, Taiwan
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Malcolm Koo ,

* E-mail: m.koo@utoronto.ca (MK); tzuchilai@gmail.com (NSL)

Affiliations Department of Medical Research, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Dalin, Chiayi, Taiwan, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9242-9167

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Ning-Sheng Lai

* E-mail: m.koo@utoronto.ca (MK); tzuchilai@gmail.com (NSL)

Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Dalin, Chiayi, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien City, Taiwan
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Incident osteoarthritis and osteoarthritis-related joint replacement surgery in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: A secondary cohort analysis of a nationwide, population-based health claims database

Ming-Chi Lu,
Chien-Hsueh Tung,
Chang-Chen Yang,
Chun-Lung Wang,
Kuang-Yung Huang,
Malcolm Koo,
Ning-Sheng Lai

Published: November 2, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187594

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