Rituximab therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis refractory or with contraindication to anti-tumour necrosis factor drugs: real-life experience in Finnish patients

Valleala, Heikki; Korpela, Markku; Möttönen, Timo; Hienonen-Kempas, Tuija; Kauppi, Markku; Hannonen, Pekka; Leirisalo‐Repo, Marjatta

doi:10.1080/03009740902946355

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Rituximab therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis refractory or with contraindication to anti-tumour necrosis factor drugs: real-life experience in Finnish patients

Published in Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology • Jan 1, 2009

Authors:

Heikki Valleala

Markku Korpela

Timo Möttönen

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To describe the effects of rituximab therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in routine clinical practice in Finland. METHODS: Data were collected retrospectively from patient records in five rheumatology clinics in Finland. All RA patients treated during 2005-2008 (n = 81) we...

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Medicine

Rituximab

Contraindication

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