Pharmacovigilance in juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients treated with biologic or synthetic drugs: combined data of more than 15,000 patients from Pharmachild and national registries

Abstract Background The availability of methotrexate and the introduction of multiple biological agents have revolutionized the treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Several international and national drug registries have been implemented to accurately monitor the long-term safety/effica...

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Main Authors: Joost Swart, Gabriella Giancane, Gerd Horneff, Bo Magnusson, Michael Hofer, Еkaterina Alexeeva, Violeta Panaviene, Brigitte Bader-Meunier, Jordi Anton, Susan Nielsen, Fabrizio De Benedetti, Sylvia Kamphuis, Valda Staņēviča, Maria Tracahana, Laura Marinela Ailioaie, Elena Tsitsami, Ariane Klein, Kirsten Minden, Ivan Foeldvari, Johannes Peter Haas, Jens Klotsche, Anna Carin Horne, Alessandro Consolaro, Francesca Bovis, Francesca Bagnasco, Angela Pistorio, Alberto Martini, Nico Wulffraat, Nicolino Ruperto, for the Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation (PRINTO), BiKeR and the board of the Swedish Registry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:Arthritis Research & Therapy
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13075-018-1780-z