Updated consensus statement on the use of rituximab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 909-920

  Buch, Maya H ^a,b   Smolen, Josef S ^c,d   Betteridge, Neil ^e   Breedveld, Ferdinand C ^f   Burmester, Gerd ^g   Dörner, Thomas ^g   Ferraccioli, Gianfranco ^h   Gottenberg, Jacques Eric ⁱ   Isaacs, John ^j   Kvien, Tore K ^k   Mariette, Xavier ^l   Martin Mola, Emilio ^m   Pavelka, Karel ⁿ   Tak, Paul P ^o   Van Der Heijde, Desiree ^f   Van Vollenhoven, Ronald F ^p   Emery, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d Hietzing Hospital   (Austria)

^e Arthritis Care ^*  (United Kingdom)

^f LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^j NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^k DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^l INSERM   (France)

^m HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

ⁿ CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^o UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^p KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; ETANERCEPT; HEPATITIS B ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CELLULITIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GANGRENOUS CELLULITIS; GASTROENTERITIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INJECTION SITE REACTION; NEUTROPENIA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SIDE EFFECT; SINUSITIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VACCINATION; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955806071     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2010.144998     Document Type: Article

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