Certolizumab pegol: a new option for rheumatoid arthritis
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Certolizumab pegol for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
INTRODUCTION Improved understanding of the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and subsequent development of targeted therapies, have greatly advanced the management of this chronic inflammatory disease. The aim of treatment is a state of clinical remission. Certolizumab pegol (CZP) is a novel pegylated TNF alpha inhibitor (TNFi) therapy and is the focus of this review. AREAS COVERED C...
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عنوان ژورنال: Future Prescriber
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1468-9871,1931-2261
DOI: 10.1002/fps.57