Effect of the 34C>T variant in the AMPD1 gene on the clinical response to methotrexate in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Comment on the article by Wessels et al [2]

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 694-

  Riksen, Niels P ^a   Rongen, Gerard A ^a   Smits, Paul ^a   Van Riel, Piet ^a   Barrera, Pilar ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE DEAMINASE; METHOTREXATE; PHOSPHORIBOSYLAMINOIMIDAZOLECARBOXAMIDE FORMYLTRANSFERASE;

AMPD1 GENE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; LETTER; PHARMACOGENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AMP DEAMINASE; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; METHOTREXATE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHARMACOGENETICS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33847015997     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22397     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

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2. Morisaki T, Gross M, Morisaki H, Pongratz D, Zollner N, Holmes EW. Molecular basis of AMP deaminase deficiency in skeletal muscle. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1992;89:6457-61.
3. Cronstein BN. Low-dose methotrexate: a mainstay in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Pharmacol Rev 2005;57:163-72.
4. Van Gestel AM, Prevoo ML, van't Hof MA, van Rijswijk MH, van de Putte LB, van Riel PL. Development and validation of the European League Against Rheumatism response criteria for rheumatoid arthritis: comparison with the preliminary American College of Rheumatology and the World Health Organization/International League Against Rheumatism Criteria. Arthritis Rheum 1996;39:34-40.