Differential Effectiveness of Etanercept and Infliximab in the Treatment of Ocular Inflammation

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2317-2323

  Galor, Anat ^a   Perez, Victor L ^a   Hammel, Jeffrey P ^a   Lowder, Careen Y ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; ETANERCEPT; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IRIDOCYCLITIS; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MONOTHERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UVEITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CHILD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33751546583     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.04.038     Document Type: Article

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