Isoniazid treatment for latent tuberculosis infection is tolerable for rheumatoid arthritis patients receiving tumor necrosis factor inhibitor therapy |
Sung, Yoon-Kyoung
(Department of Rheumatology, Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Hanyang University Medical Center)
Cho, Soo-Kyung (Department of Rheumatology, Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Hanyang University Medical Center) Kim, Dam (Department of Rheumatology, Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Hanyang University Medical Center) Won, Soyoung (Clinical Research Center for Rheumatoid Arthritis) Choi, Chan-Bum (Department of Rheumatology, Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Hanyang University Medical Center) Kim, Tae-Hwan (Department of Rheumatology, Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Hanyang University Medical Center) Jun, Jae-Bum (Department of Rheumatology, Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Hanyang University Medical Center) Yoo, Dae-Hyun (Department of Rheumatology, Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Hanyang University Medical Center) Bae, Sang-Cheol (Department of Rheumatology, Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Hanyang University Medical Center) |
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