Incident Rheumatoid Arthritis in HIV Infection: Epidemiology and Treatment.
Jennifer S HanbergEvelyn HsiehKathleen M AkgünErica WeinsteinLiana FraenkelAmy C Justicenull nullPublished in: Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) (2021)
In this cohort, incident RA was less common in patients with HIV compared to uninfected individuals. Moreover, compared to RA patients without HIV, the seropositivity rate and titers of RA-specific autoantibodies were lower among RA patients with HIV, and those with HIV were prescribed DMARDs less frequently than those without HIV.
Keyphrases
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv infected
- rheumatoid arthritis
- hiv positive
- hiv testing
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hepatitis c virus
- hiv aids
- men who have sex with men
- disease activity
- cardiovascular disease
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- south africa
- ankylosing spondylitis
- ejection fraction
- systemic sclerosis
- peritoneal dialysis
- combination therapy