The risk of tuberculosis related to tumour necrosis factor antagonist therapies: a TBNET consensus statement

Solovic I., Sester M., Gomez-Reino J.J., Rieder H.L., Ehlers S., Milburn H.J., Kampmann B., Hellmich B., Groves R., Schreiber S., Wallis R.S., Sotgiu G., Schölvinck E.H., Goletti D., Zellweger J.P., Diel R., Carmona L., Bartalesi F., Ravn P., Bossink A., Duarte R., Erkens C., Clark J., Migliori G.B., Lange C.

Source: Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 1185-1206
Journal Issue: November
Disease area: Paediatric lung diseases, Respiratory infections

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