Predictors of Clinical Remission under Anti-tumor Necrosis Factor Treatment in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: Pooled Analysis from Large Randomized Clinical Trials.
CONCLUSION: Treatment response under anti-TNF treatment with ETN at 12 weeks was greatest among patients with disease duration ≤ 2 years and even more pronounced in subgroups of patients ≤ 40 years old or HLA-B27-positive at diagnosis.
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Source: J Rheumatol - Category: Rheumatology Authors: Baraliakos X, Koenig AS, Jones H, Szumski A, Collier D, Bananis E Tags: J Rheumatol Source Type: research