Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Receiving Anti-TNF Therapy Can Be Effectively Immunized
13th Nov 2006, 08:27 GMT
Despite being immunosuppressed, patients with rheumatoid arthritis are able to develop protective antibodies following pneumococcal and influenza vaccinations when also treated with anti-TNF agents, thus reducing their risk for developing the flu and the most common type of bacterial pneumonia, accor [click link for full article]
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