Predictors of loss of remission and disease flares in patients with axial spondyloarthritis receiving antitumor necrosis factor treatment: A retrospective study

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1541-1546

  Lubrano, Ennio ^a   Perrotta, Fabio Massimo ^a   Manara, Maria ^b   D'Angelo, Salvatore ^c   Addimanda, Olga ^d   Ramonda, Roberta ^d   Punzi, Leonardo ^d   Olivieri, Ignazio ^d   Salvarani, Carlo ^e   Marchesoni, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b UOC Day   (Italy)

^c Madonna delle Grazie Hospital of Matera   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axial spondyloarthritis; Disease flares; Remission anti TNF drugs

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ETANERCEPT; INFLIXIMAB; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF SPONDYLOARTHRITIS INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY; AXIAL SPONDYLARTHRITIS; AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS; BATH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG USE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOSS OF REMISSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADALIMUMAB; ADULT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ETANERCEPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLIXIMAB; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84982794747     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.160363     Document Type: Article

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