Hydroxychloroquine Use and Risk of CKD in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Chia-Lin Wu Chia-Chu ChangChew-Teng KorTao-Hsiang YangPing-Fang ChiuDer-Cherng TarngChih-Cheng Hsu

Published in: Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN (2018)

Hydroxychloroquine use in patients with newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis is associated with a significantly lower risk of incident CKD compared with in nonusers.

Keyphrases

newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
rheumatoid arthritis
cardiovascular disease
disease activity
interstitial lung disease
ankylosing spondylitis
type diabetes
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis