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Anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy does not diminish the immune response to influenza vaccine in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis

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  1. Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School of Health Sciences, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519, Japan

    Tetsuo Kubota & Tokiko Nii

  2. Department of Medicine and Rheumatology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School, Tokyo, Japan

    Toshihiro Nanki, Hitoshi Kohsaka, Masayoshi Harigai, Yukiko Komano, Takahiko Sugihara, Yoshinori Nonomura & Nobuyuki Miyasaka

  3. Hirose Clinic, Tokorozawa, Japan

    Wataru Hirose

  4. Ome Municipal General Hospital, Ome, Japan

    Kenji Nagasaka

  5. Sakurai Clinic, Ome, Japan

    Tetsushi Sakurai

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Kubota, T., Nii, T., Nanki, T. et al. Anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy does not diminish the immune response to influenza vaccine in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Mod Rheumatol 17, 531–533 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10165-007-0632-5

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