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Potential role of pharmacogenetics in anti-TNF treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease.
Drug discovery today - 1 Feb 2007
Kooloos Wouter M, de Jong Dirk J, Huizinga Tom W J, Guchelaar Henk-Jan
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Etanercept, infliximab and adalimumab have shown clinical benefit in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases; however, the outcome of treatment with these tumour-necrosis factor inhibitors remains insufficient in approximately 40-60% and approximately 25-40% of individuals with rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease, respectively. Moreover, their use is accompanied by adverse events and unintentional immune...
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