Leishmaniasis, autoimmune rheumatic disease, and anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy, Europe

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 956-959

  Xynos, Ioannis D ^a   Tektonidou, Maria G ^b   Pikazis, Dimitrios ^a   Sipsas, Nikolaos V ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Athens Euroclinic   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ETANERCEPT; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EUROPE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; GIEMSA STAIN; GREECE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LABORATORY TEST; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 67449100011     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1506.090101     Document Type: Article

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