Safety of abatacept compared with other biologic and conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: data from an observational study

Abstract Background To assess the risks of malignancies, infections and autoimmune diseases in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with abatacept compared with other biologic (b) disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) or conventional synthetic (cs)DMARDs, in a US-wide observation...

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Main Authors: Gulsen Ozen, Sofia Pedro, Rebecca Schumacher, Teresa A. Simon, Kaleb Michaud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Arthritis Research & Therapy
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13075-019-1921-z