Guidelines and recommendations of the Mexican College of Rheumatology on the use of biological agents in patients with rheumatic disease;Guías y recomendaciones del Colegio Mexicano de Reumatología para el uso de agentes biológicos en enfermos reumáticos

Reumatologia Clinica

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 78-89

  Burgos Vargas, R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABATACEPT; ADALIMUMAB; ATLIZUMAB; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; ETANERCEPT; INFLIXIMAB; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; RITUXIMAB;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEXICO; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 33646554170     PISSN: 1699258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1699-258X(06)73026-1     Document Type: Article

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