Alternative tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) or abatacept or rituximab following failure of initial TNFi in rheumatoid arthritis: the SWITCH RCT
Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the most common autoimmune disease in the UK, is a chronic systemic inflammatory arthritis that affects 0.8% of the UK population. Objectives: To determine whether or not an alternative class of biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) are compa...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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NIHR Journals Library
2018-06-01
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Series: | Health Technology Assessment |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3310/hta22340 |