New and emerging therapies for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

Open Access Rheumatology: Research and Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 35-43

  Feely, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abatacept; Adalimumab; Biologics; Certolizumab; Dmards; Etancercept; Golimumab; Infliximab; Rituximab; Tocilizumab; Tumor necrosis factor inhibitors

Indexed keywords

4 [N [1 (2 CYANO 1 OXOETHYL) 4 METHYL 3 PIPERIDINYL] N METHYLAMINO]PYRROLO[2,3 D]PYRIMIDINE; ABATACEPT; ADALIMUMAB; CERTOLIZUMAB PEGOL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; ETANERCEPT; GOLIMUMAB; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; PLACEBO; PROTEIN KINASE SYK INHIBITOR; R 788; RITUXIMAB; TOCILIZUMAB; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ANTIBODY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INFECTION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; LYMPHOMA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MONOTHERAPY; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PNEUMONIA; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; PYELONEPHRITIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIDE EFFECT; TERATOGENICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 77955339521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1179156X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2147/oarrr.s6868     Document Type: Review

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