Smoking, rheumatoid factor status and responses to rituximab

Ann Rheum Dis. 2012 Sep;71(9):1587-8. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-201758. Epub 2012 Apr 24.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived / therapeutic use*
  • Antirheumatic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / drug therapy
  • Autoantibodies / analysis
  • Autoantibodies / blood
  • Biomarkers / analysis
  • Drug Resistance / physiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Rheumatoid Factor / analysis*
  • Rituximab
  • Smoking*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
  • Antirheumatic Agents
  • Autoantibodies
  • Biomarkers
  • Rituximab
  • Rheumatoid Factor