Onset of rheumatoid arthritis after COVID-19: coincidence or connected?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands v.f.a.m.derksen@lumc.nl.
² Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Bernhoven, Uden, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Rheumatology, Isala Hospitals, Zwolle, Overijssel, The Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Rivierenland, Tiel, Gelderland, The Netherlands.
⁶ Department of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands.

Veerle F A M Derksen et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2021 Aug.

. 2021 Aug;80(8):1096-1098.

doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-219859. Epub 2021 Mar 1.

¹ Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands v.f.a.m.derksen@lumc.nl.
² Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Bernhoven, Uden, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Rheumatology, Isala Hospitals, Zwolle, Overijssel, The Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Rivierenland, Tiel, Gelderland, The Netherlands.
⁶ Department of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; anti-citrullinated protein antibodies; arthritis; autoantibodies; rheumatoid.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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