Efficacy, safety, and tolerability of abatacept in the management of rheumatoid arthritis

Open Access Rheumatology: Research and Reviews

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-35

  Lutt, Joseph R ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abatacept; Adalimumab; Disease modifying antirheumatic drug; Etanercept; Infliximab; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rituximab

Indexed keywords

ABATACEPT; ADALIMUMAB; CYTOKINE; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; ETANERCEPT; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INFLIXIMAB; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; RITUXIMAB; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ASPERGILLOMA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BREAST CANCER; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUGHING; DEATH; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUPUS LIKE SYNDROME; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOMA; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NAUSEA; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; REMISSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SINUSITIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SKIN CANCER; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T CELL LYMPHOMA; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THORAX DISEASE; THYROID CANCER; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBERCULOSIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URTICARIA; UTERUS CANCER;

EID: 77953418733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1179156X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/oarrr.s4536     Document Type: Review

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