Biologic therapy for autoimmune diseases: an update
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Biologic therapy for autoimmune diseases: an update
Biologic therapies for rheumatologic diseases, which are targeted at molecules involved in the mechanisms of the immune system, provide an alternative to the existing treatment methods of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs and other immunosuppressive medications. However, the current drawbacks of biologic therapies, including the inconvenience of intravenous administration, the high costs o...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1741-7015
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-11-88