Rituximab for rheumatoid arthritis

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Lopez Olivo, Maria Angeles ^a   Amezaga, Matxalen ^a   McGahan, Lynda ^b   Suarez Almazor, Maria E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b CANADIAN AGENCY FOR DRUGS AND TECHNOLOGIES IN HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; PLACEBO; RITUXIMAB;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; BRONCHOSPASM; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; LUNG INFILTRATE; MONOTHERAPY; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR LYSIS SYNDROME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URTICARIA; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 55049141213     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007356     Document Type: Review

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