Interferon-γ release assay versus tuberculin skin test prior to treatment with golimumab, a human anti-tumor necrosis factor antibody, in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, or ankylosing spondylitis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2068-2077

  Hsia, Elizabeth C ^b,c   Schluger, Neil ^d   Cush, John J ^e   Chaisson, Richard E ^f   Matteson, Eric L ^g   Xu, Stephen ^b   Beutler, Anna ^b   Doyle, Mittie K ^b,c   Hsu, Benjamin ^b   Rahman, Mahboob U ^a,b,c  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e BAYLOR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GOLIMUMAB; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BCG VACCINATION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; GAMMA INTERFERON RELEASE ASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCREENING TEST; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84863217872     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.34382     Document Type: Article

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