## Abstract ## Objective To assess the association between the initiation of anti–tumor necrosis factor α (anti‐TNFα) therapy and the risk of serious bacterial infections in routine care. ## Methods This was a cohort study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in whom specific disease‐modif
Cancer risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with anti–tumor necrosis factor α therapies: Does the risk change with the time since start of treatment?
✍ Scribed by Johan Askling; Ronald F. van Vollenhoven; Fredrik Granath; Pauline Raaschou; C. Michael Fored; Eva Baecklund; Christina Dackhammar; Nils Feltelius; Lars Cöster; Pierre Geborek; Lennart T. Jacobsson; Staffan Lindblad; Solbritt Rantapää-Dahlqvist; Tore Saxne; Lars Klareskog
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 99 KB
- Volume
- 60
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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