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RA Patients at Increased Risk for Shingles
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Title RA Patients at Increased Risk for Shingles
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/569029?src=rss
Description Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk of herpes zoster, according to analyses of two large databases with information for more than 160,000 individuals with RA. Reuters Health Information
Category Articles > Dermatology
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Date Jan 23, 2008
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