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Original Articles

Incidence of herpes zoster in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis from 2005 to 2010

Ayako NakajimaInstitute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Wako UranoInstitute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Eisuke InoueInstitute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Atsuo TaniguchiInstitute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Shigeki MomoharaInstitute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Hisashi YamanakaInstitute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Pages 558-561 | Received 26 Aug 2014, Accepted 31 Oct 2014, Published online: 04 Feb 2015

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