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 Asses
Risk of Significant Infection in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Switching Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Drugs
✍ Scribed by Bao-Anh Nguyen-Khoa; Earl L. Goehring Jr.; Kimberly A. Alexander; Wei Dong; Pavel Napalkov; Judith K. Jones
- Book ID
- 119366904
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 421 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0049-0172
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