Majka DS, Holers VM. Cigarette smoking and the risk of systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis.
Ann Rheum Dis 2006;
65:561-3. [PMID:
16611864 PMCID:
PMC1798134 DOI:
10.1136/ard.2005.046052]
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Abstract
Smoking may affect the disease course in SLE and patients should be counselled to stop
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