Treatment of active rheumatoid arthritis: comparison of patients younger vs older than 75 years (CORPUS cohort)
| Autor: | Sachiyo Oishi, Daniel Wendling, Jean Sibilia, Chantal Job-Deslandre, Loic Guillevin, Jacques Benichou, René Marc Flipo, Carole Duquenne, Francis Guillemin, Alain Saraux |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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| Zdroj: | Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, Vol 14, Iss 11, Pp 2612-2617 (2018) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2164-5515 2164-554X 21645515 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/21645515.2018.1522470 |
| Popis: | Objectives: Little information is available on the characteristics of elderly patients starting TNFα antagonist treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The objective of this work was to compare prescription patterns in RA patients younger vs. older than 75 years. Methods: Biologic-naive patients with active RA (DAS28 > 3.2) despite first-line therapy were included between 2007 and 2009 in the prospective, multicentre, longitudinal, observational, population-based CORPUS-RA cohort. TNFα antagonist users were defined as having received at least one TNFα antagonist during the first study year. The groups |
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