Patients with rheumatoid arthritis appear to be at increased risk for blood clots
Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - 20:00
in Health & Medicine
A study that included more than 45,000 residents of Sweden with rheumatoid arthritis finds that individuals with this disease had an associated higher risk of venous thromboembolism (a blood clot that forms within a vein), and that this elevated risk was stable for 10 years after the time of diagnosis.