Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Monoclonal Antibodies Approved to Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis

Clinical Pharmacokinetics

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1107-1123

  Ternant, David ^a   Bejan Angoulvant, Theodora ^a   Passot, Christophe ^a   Mulleman, Denis ^a   Paintaud, Gilles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; CERTOLIZUMAB PEGOL; GOLIMUMAB; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OMALIZUMAB; RITUXIMAB; SERUM ALBUMIN; TOCILIZUMAB; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

ANTIBODY STRUCTURE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CENTRAL VOLUME OF DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; INJECTION SITE REACTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE; MYCOSIS; NEOPLASM; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PHARMACOKINETICS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VOLUME OF DISTRIBUTION; DRUG APPROVAL; HALF LIFE TIME; METABOLISM; RHEUMATIC FEVER;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; DRUG APPROVAL; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; RHEUMATIC FEVER;

EID: 84945496169     PISSN: 03125963     EISSN: 11791926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40262-015-0296-9     Document Type: Review

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