Pregnancy loss and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis in Chinese women: findings from the China Kadoorie biobank

• Main Authors: Jia Yi Hee (Author), Sha Huang (Author), Khai Pang Leong (Author), Li Chun (Author), Yuxun Oswald Zhang (Author), Ruofan Gongye (Author), Kun Tang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Considering the female preponderance of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and disease onset typically after the reproductive years, pregnancy and childbirth may play a role in the aetiology of the disease. Adverse outcomes of pregnancy have been found to precede the diagnosis of autoimmune disease...