Intra-articular infliximab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis with monoarthritis resistant to local glucocorticoids. Clinical efficacy extended to patients on systemic anti-tumour necrosis factor α

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1787-1790

  Conti, F ^a   Ceccarelli, F ^a   Priori, R ^a   Iagnocco, A ^a   Signore, A ^b   Valesini, Guido ^a  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; GLUCOCORTICOID; INFLIXIMAB; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MONARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 56749178275     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2008.091900     Document Type: Letter

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