No increased mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with biologics: results from the biologics register of six rheumatology institutes in Japan

Journal Article No increased mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with biologics: results from the biologics register of six rheumatology institutes in Japan Get access Ayako Nakajima, Ayako Nakajima Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 10-22 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-054, Japan Correspondence to: Ayako Nakajima, Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 10-22 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-054, Japan e-mail: ayakonkj@ior.twmu.ac.jp Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Kazuyoshi Saito, Kazuyoshi Saito The First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Toshihisa Kojima, Toshihisa Kojima Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Koichi Amano, Koichi Amano Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Kawagoe, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Taku Yoshio, Taku Yoshio Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Wataru Fukuda, Wataru Fukuda Endocrinology and Rheumatology, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daiichi Hospital, Kyoto, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Eisuke Inoue, Eisuke Inoue Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 10-22 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-054, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Atsuo Taniguchi, Atsuo Taniguchi Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 10-22 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-054, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Shigeki Momohara, Shigeki Momohara Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 10-22 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-054, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Seiji Minota, Seiji Minota Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar ... Show more Tsutomu Takeuchi, Tsutomu Takeuchi Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Kawagoe, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Naoki Ishiguro, Naoki Ishiguro Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Yoshiya Tanaka, Yoshiya Tanaka The First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Hisashi Yamanaka Hisashi Yamanaka Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Modern Rheumatology, Volume 23, Issue 5, 1 September 2013, Pages 945–952, https://doi.org/10.3109/s10165-012-0773-z Published: 01 September 2013 Article history Received: 17 May 2012 Accepted: 10 September 2012 Published: 01 September 2013