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Incidence and prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in Denmark from 1998 to 2018: a nationwide register-based study

BG Soussi1 Department of Rheumatology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
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RL Cordtz1 Department of Rheumatology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, DenmarkView further author information
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S Kristensen1 Department of Rheumatology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark;2 Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, DenmarkView further author information
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CS Bork3 Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, DenmarkView further author information
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JH Christensen2 Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark;4 Department of Nephrology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, DenmarkView further author information
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EB Schmidt2 Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark;3 Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, DenmarkView further author information
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C Torp-Pedersen3 Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark;5 Department of Cardiology, Nordsjælland Hospital, Hillerød, Denmark;6 Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DenmarkView further author information
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D Prieto-Alhambra7 Musculoskeletal Pharmaco- and Device Epidemiology, Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UKView further author information
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L Dreyer1 Department of Rheumatology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark;2 Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, DenmarkView further author information
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Pages 481-489 | Accepted 16 Jul 2021, Published online: 16 Dec 2021

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