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Review
. 2021 Dec;80(Suppl 2):33-48.
doi: 10.1007/s00393-021-01055-7. Epub 2021 Sep 7.

Updated recommendations of the German Society for Rheumatology for the care of patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases in the context of the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic, including recommendations for COVID-19 vaccination

Christof Specker  1   2 , Peer Aries  3   4 , Jürgen Braun  3   5 , Gerd Burmester  3   6 , Rebecca Fischer-Betz  3   7 , Rebecca Hasseli  3   8 , Julia Holle  3   9 , Bimba Franziska Hoyer  3   10 , Christof Iking-Konert  3   11 , Andreas Krause  3   12 , Klaus Krüger  3   13 , Martin Krusche  3   6 , Jan Leipe  3   14 , Hanns-Martin Lorenz  3   15 , Frank Moosig  3   9 , Rotraud Schmale-Grede  16 , Matthias Schneider  3   7 , Anja Strangfeld  3   17 , Reinhard Voll  3   18 , Anna Voormann  3 , Ulf Wagner  3   19 , Hendrik Schulze-Koops  20   21
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Updated recommendations of the German Society for Rheumatology for the care of patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases in the context of the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic, including recommendations for COVID-19 vaccination

Christof Specker et al. Z Rheumatol. 2021 Dec.
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Conflict of interest statement

C. Specker, P. Aries, J. Braun, G. Burmester, R. Fischer-Betz, R. Hasseli, J. Holle, B.F. Hoyer, C. Iking-Konert, A. Krause, K. Krüger, M. Krusche, J. Leipe, H.-M. Lorenz, F. Moosig, R. Schmale-Grede, M. Schneider, A. Strangfeld, R. Voll, A. Voormann, U. Wagner and H. Schulze-Koops declare that they have no competing interests.

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Cluster-analysis—risk of different pre-existing conditions and age on hospitalisation and mortality in the context of COVID-19 (from [8]). ART arrhythmia or atrial fibrillation; CHF congestive heart failure; CAD coronary artery disease; HTN hypertension; DM diabetes; BMI > 30 obesity & overweight; CANC cancer; AST asthma; COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CKD chronic kidney disease; CLD chronic liver disease; CRB cerebrovascular or stroke; DEM dementia; Auto autoimmune condition; Immun immunodeficiency or immunosuppressed state; Rheuma (inflammatory) rheumatic disease; Organ organ transplant history
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