Biological agents targeting beyond TNF-alpha
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Biological agents targeting beyond TNF-alpha
Biological agents represent an important addition to the therapies for immuno-inflammatory conditions and have a great impact on the disease course and quality of life of these patients. However, recent reports of serious infections like tuberculosis, demyelinating and neurodegenerative diseases, pancytopenia, cardiovascular diseases, etc. after anti-TNF therapy raised questions on their safety...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0972-5229,1998-359X
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.45079