Management of accelerated pulmonary nodulosis following etanercept therapy in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 928-929

  Watson, P ^a   Simler, N ^a   Screaton, N ^b   Lillicrap, M ^a  

^a HINCHINGBROOKE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETANERCEPT; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; PENICILLAMINE; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LUNG DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; RHEUMATOID NODULE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 44849083457     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ken102     Document Type: Letter

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