Treatment persistence in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis

• Main Authors: Marina Amaral de Ávila Machado (Author), Cristiano Soares de Moura (Author), Felipe Ferré (Author), Sasha Bernatsky (Author), Elham Rahme (Author), Francisco de Assis Acurcio (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To evaluate treatment persistence in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis who started therapies with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARD) and tumor necrosis factor blockers (anti-TNF drugs). METHODS This retrospective cohort study from July 2008 t...