Use of anti-TNF drug levels to optimise patient management

Frontline Gastroenterology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 289-300

  Papamichael, Konstantinos ^a   Cheifetz, Adam S ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

CROHN'S DISEASE; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INFLIXIMAB; ULCERATIVE COLITIS

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MONITORING; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 85016775380     PISSN: 20414137     EISSN: 20414145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/flgastro-2016-100685     Document Type: Review

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