Weight gain with tumour necrosis factor-α inhibitors

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 267-

  Stamp, L ^a,b   Cross, N ^b   O'Donnell, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; ETANERCEPT; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY;

BODY MASS; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR, TYPE II; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR DECOY RECEPTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 17244380854     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2005.00809.x     Document Type: Letter

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