Tumor necrosis factor-α blocker induced tuberculosis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1542-

  Kharbanda, Priyanka ^a   Dagaonkar, Rucha ^a   Balakrishnan, Canchi ^a   Udwadia, Zarir F ^a  

^a P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ANTIBODY;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ASSAY; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEVER; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LETTER; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SCREENING TEST; SKIN TEST; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; CHILD; HUMANS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 77954438417     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.100058     Document Type: Letter

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