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Response to: ‘Venous thromboembolic events in systemic vasculitis’ by Novikov et al
  1. J Antonio Aviña-Zubieta,
  2. V M Bhole,
  3. N Amiri,
  4. E C Sayre,
  5. H K Choi
  1. Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  1. Correspondence to Dr J Antonio Aviña-Zubieta, Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 1L7, Canada; azubieta{at}arthritisresearch.ca

https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-206853

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    We would like to thank Dr Moiseev1 for his interest in our recent paper on the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA).2 We agree that all systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs) are associated with an increased risk of VTE, as we and others have reported.3–6 Additionally, we have confirmed the increased risk of VTE in patients with GCA in another sample, and those …

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      Venous thromboembolic events in systemic vasculitis
      Pavel Novikov Egor Makarov Sergey Moiseev Alexey Meshkov Leonid Strizhakov
      Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2014; 74 e27-e27 Published Online First: 07 Nov 2014. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-206849