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Genetic markers for the efficacy of tumour necrosis factor blocking therapy in rheumatoid arthritis.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Jun 2003
Padyukov L, Lampa J, Heimbürger M, Ernestam S, Cederholm T, Lundkvist I, Andersson P, Hermansson Y, Harju A, Klareskog L, Bratt J
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BACKGROUND: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a genetically complex disease where the response to different treatments varies greatly between different patients. This is the case with the tumour necrosis factor (TNF) blocking agents, where 20-40% of patients have been described as non-responders. No p...
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