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Is anti-TNF therapy safe in patients with rheumatic disease who also have concurrent B or C chronic hepatitis?

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The synopsis was written by Jasmine Farsarakis, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, F5.300, Dallas, Texas 75390-9030, USA dwain.thiele@utsouthwestern.edu

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  1. DL Thiele is a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Digestive and Liver diseases, at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX, USA.,

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Thiele, D. Is anti-TNF therapy safe in patients with rheumatic disease who also have concurrent B or C chronic hepatitis?. Nat Rev Rheumatol 3, 130–131 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncprheum0403

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