The effect of methotrexate and anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy on the risk of lymphoma in rheumatoid arthritis in 19,562 patients during 89,710 person-years of observation

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1433-1439

  Wolfe, Frederick ^a,d   Michaud, Kaleb ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL DATA BANK FOR RHEUMATIC DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ARTHRITIS RESEARCH CENTER FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURANOFIN; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; ETANERCEPT; GOLD; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INFLIXIMAB; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; MINOCYCLINE; PENICILLAMINE; PREDNISONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LYMPHOMA; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248547187     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22579     Document Type: Article

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