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ReviewNature reviews. Rheumatology2011

Safety of biologic therapy in rheumatoid arthritis.

Robert S Woodrick, Eric M Ruderman

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Review in Nature reviews. Rheumatology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 87 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Airway Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2022
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  15. Calcium channels: the potential therapeutic targets for inflammatory bone destruction of rheumatoid arthritis.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Robert S WoodrickDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 240 East Huron Street, McGaw M300, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Eric M Ruderman
Northwestern University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biologic therapies have revolutionized the treatment of rheumatic diseases in the past decade. As with any drugs, however, a variety of important safety concerns affect the choice and use of these agents. Several issues, such as the risk of infection, malignancy, or administration reactions, apply to all of these compounds, although some conditions that affect patient selection and management within these categories seem to be specific to particular biologic treatments. Other safety concerns with biologic agents, such as congestive heart failure, demyelinating disease, and hyperlipidemia, are associated with individual agents. Despite all these concerns, the therapeutic indices for biologic agents remain fairly high in relation to non-biologic DMARDs. Available safety data for all biologic agents approved for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis are reviewed in this manuscript. With careful patient selection and appropriate vigilance on the part of treating physicians and other care providers, these compounds can be safely integrated into the therapeutic plan.

Indexed as

Arthritis, RheumatoidBacterial InfectionsBiological TherapyHumansNeoplasmsOpportunistic InfectionsRisk FactorsTuberculosis

Identifiers

PMID21989284
OpenAlexW2073578075

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