Incidence of pneumonia and other respiratory tract infections with vedolizumab treatment for inflammatory bowel disease: clinical trial experience
Vedolizumab (VDZ) is a humanised monoclonal antibody that binds to α4β7 integrin and selectively blocks gut-specific lymphocyte trafficking. Although upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) have been reported with VDZ [1] its gut selectivity may reduce the risk of respiratory tract infections (RT...
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Oxford University Press
2017
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