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The inflammatory reflex and risk for rheumatoid arthritis: a case-control study of human vagotomyCecilia Carlens
Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital and Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Ann Rheum Dis 66:414-6. 2007..21, 95% 1.11 to 1.33). Vagotomy has no specific effect on the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis in humans. Gastroduodenal ulcers occur more often than expected even before the occurrence of rheumatoid arthritis...
Perinatal characteristics, early life infections and later risk of rheumatoid arthritis and juvenile idiopathic arthritisC Carlens
Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital and Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Ann Rheum Dis 68:1159-64. 2009..To investigate the importance of birth characteristics and early life infections on the risk of later rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)...
Smoking, use of moist snuff, and risk of chronic inflammatory diseasesCecilia Carlens
Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset Solna, SE 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 181:1217-22. 2010..Nicotine is a powerful modifier of the inflammatory response. By comparing risks associated with tobacco smoking and with smokeless tobacco, the role of nicotine in the development of chronic inflammation may be evaluated...
