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Original Article

Study protocol of a multicenter registry of patients with rheumatoid arthritis starting biologic therapy in Japan: Tsurumai Biologics Communication Registry (TBCR) Study

Toshihisa KojimaDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Nagoya University, School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Showa, Nagoya, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Atsushi KanekoDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan
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Yuji HiranoDepartment of Rheumatology, Toyohashi Municipal Hospital, Toyohashi, Japan
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Hisato IshikawaDepartment of Rheumatology, Nagano Red Cross Hospital, Nagano, Japan
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Hiroyuki MiyakeDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Ichinomiya Municipal Hospital, Ichinomiya, Japan
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Takeshi OguchiDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Anjo Kosei Hospital, Anjo, Japan
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Hideki TakagiDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Nagoya Kyoritsu Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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Yuichiro YabeDepartment of Rheumatology, Tokyo Koseinenkin Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Takefumi KatoKato Orthopedic Clinic, Okazaki, Japan
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Takayasu ItoIto Orthopedic Clinic, Nagoya, Japan
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Kenya TerabeDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Fukuroi Municipal Hospital, Fukuroi, Japan
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Naoki FukayaDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Kariya-Toyota General Hospital, Kariya, Japan
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Yasuhide KanayamaDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Nagoya Kyoritsu Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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Tomone ShiouraDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Shizuoka Kosei Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan
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Koji FunahashiDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Nagoya University, School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Showa, Nagoya, Japan
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Masatoshi HayashiDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Nagoya University, School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Showa, Nagoya, Japan
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Daizo KatoDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Nagoya University, School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Showa, Nagoya, Japan
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Hiroyuki MatsubaraDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Nagoya University, School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Showa, Nagoya, Japan
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Takayoshi FujibayashiDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Konan Kosei Hospital, Konan, Japan
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Masayo KojimaDepartment of Public Health, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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Naoki IshiguroDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Nagoya University, School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Showa, Nagoya, Japan;Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nagoya University, Faculty and Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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Pages 339-345 | Received 10 May 2011, Accepted 16 Aug 2011, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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