Biologic agents for treating rheumatoid arthritis: Concepts and progress

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 397-409

  Moreland, Larry W ^a,c   Heck Jr , Louis W ^a   Koopman, William J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Division of Rheumatology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD5 ANTIGEN; CD7 ANTIGEN; CELL SURFACE MARKER; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

GENE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; VACCINATION;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HUMANS;

EID: 0030991059     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780400302     Document Type: Review

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