## Abstract ## Objective To investigate the effect of infliximab treatment on antinuclear antibodies (ANAs), antiβdoubleβstranded DNA (antiβdsDNA), antinucleosome, antihistone, and antiβextractable nuclear antigen (antiβENA) antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and spondylarthropathy (SpA) pati
Bullous skin lesions following infliximab infusion in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis
β Scribed by Peter D. Kent; John M. Davis III; Mark D. P. Davis; Eric L. Matteson
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 466 KB
- Volume
- 46
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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