The Impact of Newer Biological Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs on Cardiovascular Risk Factors: A 12-Month Longitudinal Study in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Rituximab, Abatacept and Tociliziumab.

To assess whether treatment with one of three novel biological DMARDs; rituximab, abatacept or tocilizumab reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).This is an open, observational and prospective study with visits at baseline, 3, 6, and 12 months. Pa...

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Main Authors: Sella Aarrestad Provan, Inger Jorid Berg, Hilde Berner Hammer, Alexander Mathiessen, Tore Kristian Kvien, Anne Grete Semb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4482693?pdf=render