Anti-tumor necrosis factor α switching in rheumatoid arthritis and juvenile chronic arthritis
✍ Scribed by Favalli, Ennio Giulio ;Arreghini, Marco ;Arnoldi, Cristina ;Panni, Benedetta ;Marchesoni, Antonio ;Tosi, Sergio ;Pontikaki, Irene
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 112 KB
- Volume
- 51
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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✦ Synopsis
COPD ϭ chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 300 Letters * RA ϭ rheumatoid arthritis; JRA ϭ juvenile rheumatoid arthritis; ESR ϭ erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP ϭ C-reactive protein; VAS ϭ visual analog scale; GH ϭ general health; DAS28 ϭ Disease Activity Score in 28 joints; HAQ ϭ Health Assessment Questionnaire. † P Ͻ 0.05, RA versus JRA, by Wilcoxon's rank test for all comparisons.
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