Association between the level of circulating bioactive tumor necrosis factor α and the tumor necrosis factor α gene polymorphism at −308 in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with a tumor necrosis factor α inhibitor
✍ Scribed by Hubert Marotte; Béatrice Arnaud; Jennifer Diasparra; Saloua Zrioual; Pierre Miossec
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 143 KB
- Volume
- 58
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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