Treatment of refractory polymyalgia rheumatica with etanercept: An open pilot study

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1514-1519

  Catanoso, Maria Grazia ^a   Macchioni, Pierluigi ^a   Boiardi, Luigi ^a   Pipitone, Nicolò ^a   Salvarani, Carlo ^a  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid; Etanercept; Polymyalgia rheumatica

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; ETANERCEPT; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; INFLUENZA; MALE; PILOT STUDY; RELAPSE; REMISSION; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SHOULDER; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASOUND;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; PREDNISONE; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37349129647     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.23095     Document Type: Article

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