Real-world effectiveness of biological therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Systematic review and meta-analysis

• Main Authors: Caroline Tianeze de Castro (Author), Mariana Jorge de Queiroz (Author), Flavia Caixeta Albuquerque (Author), Celmário Castro Brandão (Author), Leticia Farias Gerlack (Author), Daniella Cristina Rodrigues Pereira (Author), Sandra Castro Barros (Author), Wenderson Walla Andrade (Author), Ediane de Assis Bastos (Author), Jessé de Nobrega Batista Azevedo (Author), Roberto Carreiro (Author), Mauricio Lima Barreto (Author), Djanilson Barbosa dos Santos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a chronic systemic inflammatory autoimmune disease, is based on disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs). Typically, it starts with conventional synthetic DMARDs (csDMARDs), and depending on the patient's response to the treatment a...