Tapering and discontinuation of TNF-α blockers without disease relapse using ultrasonography as a tool to identify patients with rheumatoid arthritis in clinical and histological remission

BACKGROUND: In this study, we assessed whether clinical and ultrasonography (US)-based remission could be used to select patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) eligible to taper and discontinue anti-TNF-α therapy after achievement of remission, looking at disease relapse. METHODS: Forty-two patient...

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Publicado en:Arthritis Res Ther
Autores principales: Alivernini, Stefano, Peluso, Giusy, Fedele, Anna Laura, Tolusso, Barbara, Gremese, Elisa, Ferraccioli, Gianfranco
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Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4741059/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26842890
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13075-016-0927-z
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