COVID-19 infection and rheumatoid arthritis: Faraway, so close!

Autoimmunity Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2020, Pages

  Favalli, Ennio Giulio ^a   Ingegnoli, Francesca ^a,b   De Lucia, Orazio ^a   Cincinelli, Gilberto ^b   Cimaz, Rolando ^a,b   Caporali, Roberto ^a,b  

^a Gaetano Pini CTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronavirus; COVID 19; Cytokine release syndrome; DMARDs; Rheumatoid arthritis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; JANUS KINASE INHIBITOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR;

CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; BETACORONAVIRUS; CHINA; COMPLICATION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOLOGY; PANDEMIC; VIROLOGY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BETACORONAVIRUS; CHINA; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL;

EID: 85082504080     PISSN: 15689972     EISSN: 18730183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2020.102523     Document Type: Review

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