Toxoplasmic Chorioretinitis and Antitumor Necrosis Factor Treatment in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 262-263

  Lassoued, Slim ^a   Zabraniecki, Laurent ^b   Marin, Frédéric ^b   Billey, Thierry ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

^b TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

anti TNF therapy; rheumatoid arthritis; toxoplasmic chorioretinitis

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; ETANERCEPT; FOLINIC ACID; INFLIXIMAB; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADIAZINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORIORETINITIS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHORIORETINITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 33846575210     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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