Canadian rheumatology association recommendations for the pharmacological management of rheumatoid arthritis with traditional and biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs: Part II safety

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1583-1602

  Bombardier, Claire ^a,b,c,d   Hazlewood, Glen S ^e   Akhavan, Pooneh ^e   Schieir, Orit ^e   Dooley, Anne ^e   Haraoui, Boulos ^e   Khraishi, Majed ^f,g   Leclercq, Sharon A ^h   Légaré, Jean ^h   Mosher, Dianne P ^h   Pencharz, James ⁱ   Pope, Janet E ⁱ   Thomson, John ^k   Thorne, Carter ^j   Zummer, Michel ^l   Gardam, Michael A ^m   Askling, Johan ⁿ   Bykerk, Vivian ^a,b,c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Pediatric Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^g Nexus Clinical Research   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

ⁱ WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j SOUTHLAKE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^l MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

ⁿ KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Consensus development conference; Postmarketing product surveillance; Practice guidelines; Quality of healthcare; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ABATACEPT; ADALIMUMAB; AZATHIOPRINE; BCG VACCINE; CERTOLIZUMAB PEGOL; CORTICOSTEROID; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; ETANERCEPT; GLUCOCORTICOID; GOLIMUMAB; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INACTIVATED VACCINE; INFLIXIMAB; INFLUENZA VACCINE; ISONIAZID; LEFLUNOMIDE; LIVE VACCINE; METHOTREXATE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; RIFAMPICIN; RITUXIMAB; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID; TOCILIZUMAB; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR; UNINDEXED DRUG; VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINE; WART VIRUS VACCINE; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER RISK; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SAFETY; HEPATITIS B; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLUENZA; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPHOMA; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION; YELLOW FEVER;

EID: 84864542624     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.120165     Document Type: Article

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