Influence of Anti-TNF and Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs Therapy on Pulmonary Forced Vital Capacity Associated to Ankylosing Spondylitis: A 2-Year Follow-Up Observational Study

Objective. To evaluate the effect of anti-TNF agents plus synthetic disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) versus DMARDs alone for ankylosing spondylitis (AS) with reduced pulmonary function vital capacity (FVC%). Methods. In an observational study, we included AS who had FVC% <80% at bas...

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Main Authors: Alberto Daniel Rocha-Muñoz, Aniel Jessica Leticia Brambila-Tapia, María Guadalupe Zavala-Cerna, José Clemente Vásquez-Jiménez, Liliana Faviola De la Cerda-Trujillo, Mónica Vázquez-Del Mercado, Norma Alejandra Rodriguez-Jimenez, Valeria Díaz-Rizo, Viviana Díaz-González, Ernesto German Cardona-Muñoz, Ingrid Patricia Dávalos-Rodríguez, Mario Salazar-Paramo, Jorge Ivan Gamez-Nava, Arnulfo Hernan Nava-Zavala, Laura Gonzalez-Lopez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Journal of Immunology Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/980147
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