Incidence of acute severe infusion reactions to infliximab depends on definition used rather than assay: Authors' reply

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 404-405

  Steenholdt, C ^a   Svenson, M ^b   Bendtzen, K ^b,c   Thomsen, O O ^a   Brynskov, J ^a   Ainsworth, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Biomonitor A/S   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG ANTIBODY; INFLIXIMAB;

ACUTE SEVERE INFUSION REACTION; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; LETTER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 79959929224     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2011.04748.x     Document Type: Letter

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