The effectiveness of anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy in preventing progressive radiographic joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis: A population-based study

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-59

  Finckh, Axel ^a   Simard, Julia F ^b   Duryea, Jeffrey ^a   Liang, Matthew H ^a   Huang, Jie ^c   Daneel, Synove ^d   Forster, Adrian ^d   Gabay, Gem ^e   Guerne, Pierre André ^e  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; ETANERCEPT; INFLIXIMAB; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CAVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 31044450868     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.21491     Document Type: Article

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