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International Journal of Clinical Research & Trials Volume 5 (2020), Article ID 5:IJCRT-145, 5 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-8007/2020/145
Research Article
Prevalence of Malignancy Among Urban Black Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Isabel M. McFarlane1,*, Manjeet S. Bhamra2, Abhimnayu Amarnani1, Su Yien Zhaz3, Srinivas Kolla4, Milena Rodriguez Alvarez1, George Mo1, Maya Srinivasan1, Gil Hevroni1, Talia Meisel1, Abida Hasan1, Marie S. Baguidy1, Michael Hadaddin1, Adielle Melamed1, Kristaq Koci1, Nicholas Taklalsingh1, Joshy Pathiparampil1, Latoya Freeman1, Ian Kaplan1, Naureen Kabani1, David J. Ozeri5, Elsie Watler1, Mosab Frefer1, Vytas Vaitkus1, Keron Matthew1, Fray Arroyo-Mercado1, Helen Lyo1, Aleksander Feoktistov1, Randolph Sanchez6, Faisal Soliman7, Felix Reyes Valdez8, Veena Dronamraju1, Michael Trevisonno1, Christon Grant1, Guerrier Clerger1, Kunfeng Sun1, Khabbab Amin1, Makeda Dawkins1, Jason Green1, Samir Fahmy3, Apoorva Jayarangaiah9, Stephen Anthony Waite4, Aaliya Burza10

1Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology SUNY Downstate Medical Center/Health and Hospitals/Kings County, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
2Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
3NCH Healthcare System Department of Rheumatology, Naples, FL 34110, USA
4Department of Radiology SUNY Downstate Medical Center/Health and Hospitals Kings County, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
5Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv 6100000, Israel
6Department of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
7Department of Internal Medicine, Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton, 1995 Highway 51, South Covington, TN 38019, USA
8Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Montefiore Medical Center Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
9Department of Internal Medicine, NYC Health and Hospitals/Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
10Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care State, SUNY Downstate Medical Center/Health and Hospitals Kings County, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
Dr. Isabel M. McFarlane, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York 11203, USA, Tel.: 718-270-2390, Fax: 718-270-1324; E-mail: Isabel.McFarlane@downstate.edu
08 March 2020; 23 April 2020; 25 April 2020
McFarlane IM, Bhamra MS, Amarnani A, Zhaz SY, Kolla S, et al. (2020) Prevalence of Malignancy Among Urban Black Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients. Int J Clin Res Trials 5: 145. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-8007/2020/145
This work is supported in part by Dr. Moro O. Salifu’s efforts through NIH Grant # S21MD012474.

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