Recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of latent and active tuberculosis in inflammatory joint diseases candidates for therapy with tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibitors: March 2008 update Recomendações para o diagnóstico e tratamento das tuberculoses latente e activa nas doenças inflamatórias articulares candidatas a terapêutica com fármacos inibidores do factor de necrose tumoral alfa: Revisão de Março de 2008

The Portuguese Society of Rheumatology and the Portuguese Society of Pulmonology have updated the guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and active tuberculosis (ATB) in patients with inflammatory joint diseases (IJD) that are candidates to therapy with tu...

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Main Authors: João Eurico Fonseca, Helena Lucas, Helena Canhão, Raquel Duarte, Maria José Santos, Miguel Villar, Augusto Faustino, Elena Raymundo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2008-03-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.oces.mctes.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0873-21592008000200008