Documento SER de consenso sobre el uso de terapias biológicas en la espondilitis anquilosante y otras espondiloartritis, excepto la artritis psoriásica

Reumatología Clínica - Tập 7 Số 2 - Trang 113-123 - 2011
Xavier Roura1, Pedro Zarco2, Jesús Sanz3, Santiago Muñoz Fernández4, Juan Mulero Mendoza3, Luis Francisco Linares Ferrando5, Jordi Gratacòs6, Rosario García‐Vicuña7, Cristina Fernández‐Carballido8, Eduardo Collantes‐Estévez9, Enrique Batllé Gualda10, Rafael Ariza Ariza11, Estíbaliz Loza1
1Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, IDIBELL, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, España
2Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Alcorcón, Madrid, España
3Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Majadahonda, Madrid, España
4Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Infanta Sofía, San Sebastián de los Reyes (Madrid), España
5Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, El Palmar, Murcia, España
6Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Barcelona, España
7Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, España
8Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital General de Elda, Elda, Alicante, España
9Servicio de Reumatología. Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía. Córdoba. España
10Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, España
11Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, España

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