Should anti-tumor necrosis factor-α be the first therapy for rheumatoid vasculitis? [1]

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 433-

  Garcia Porrua, Carlos ^a   Gonzalez Gay, Miguel A ^a   Quevedo, Victor ^b  

^a HOSPITAL XERAL CALDE   (Spain)

^b Hopital Comarcal de Monforte   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INFLIXIMAB; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; STEROID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

AGED; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LETTER; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY MULTIPLEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VASCULITIS;

EID: 32144438288     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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