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Comparative evaluation of the effects of treatment with tocilizumab and TNF-α inhibitors on serum hepcidin, anemia response and disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis patients

INTRODUCTION: Anemia of inflammation (AI) is a common complication of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and has a negative impact on RA symptoms and quality of life. Upregulation of hepcidin by inflammatory cytokines has been implicated in AI. In this study, we evaluated and compared the effects of IL-6 and...

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Autores principales: Song, Soken-Nakazawa J, Iwahashi, Mitsuhiro, Tomosugi, Naohisa, Uno, Kazuko, Yamana, Jiro, Yamana, Seizou, Isobe, Tomoyasu, Ito, Hiroki, Kawabata, Hiroshi, Yoshizaki, Kazuyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3978580/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24286116
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar4323