Lack of association of variants previously associated with anti-TNF medication response in rheumatoid arthritis patients: results from a homogeneous Greek population.

Treatment strategies blocking tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) have proven very successful in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), showing beneficial effects in approximately 50-60% of the patients. However, a significant subset of patients does not respond to anti-TNF agents, for reasons that a...

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Main Authors: Maria I Zervou, Efsevia Myrthianou, Irene Flouri, Darren Plant, Gregory Chlouverakis, Francesc Castro-Giner, Panayiota Rapsomaniki, Anne Barton, Dimitrios T Boumpas, Prodromos Sidiropoulos, George N Goulielmos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24040234/pdf/?tool=EBI