Dose reduction of etanercept - Can we treat more patients using a fixed budget? [3]

Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 600-601

  Clunie, G ^a   Voules, S ^a   Watts, R ^a  

^a IPSWICH HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; ETANERCEPT; INFLIXIMAB;

ADULT; BUDGET; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

EID: 0037385995     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keg135     Document Type: Letter

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