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Published in: Pediatric Rheumatology 1/2014

Open Access 01-09-2014 | Poster presentation

Prescribed but not approved: biologic agents used without approval in juvenile idiopathic arthritis in Switzerland, France and Belgium

Authors: Andreas Woerner, Alexandre Belot, Etienne Merlin, Carine Wouters, Gerald Berthet, Anuela Kondi, Daniela Kaiser, Laetitia Higel, Anne Maes, Elvira Cannizzaro, Natalia Cabrera, Silke Schroeder, Florence Aeschlimann, Annette von Scheven, Agnès Duquesne, Samuel Roethlisberger, Isabelle Kone-Paut, Michael Hofer

Published in: Pediatric Rheumatology | Special Issue 1/2014

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Excerpt

Biologic agents (BA) have profoundly changed the outcome of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), making inactive disease and clinical remission an achievable goal for treatment. An increasing number of BA has become available in the last 15 years. However, some BA that have been associated to efficacy in some clinical conditions are not approved by legal authority for the use in pediatric population. …
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Title
Prescribed but not approved: biologic agents used without approval in juvenile idiopathic arthritis in Switzerland, France and Belgium
Authors
Andreas Woerner
Alexandre Belot
Etienne Merlin
Carine Wouters
Gerald Berthet
Anuela Kondi
Daniela Kaiser
Laetitia Higel
Anne Maes
Elvira Cannizzaro
Natalia Cabrera
Silke Schroeder
Florence Aeschlimann
Annette von Scheven
Agnès Duquesne
Samuel Roethlisberger
Isabelle Kone-Paut
Michael Hofer
Publication date
01-09-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Pediatric Rheumatology / Issue Special Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1546-0096
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1546-0096-12-S1-P338

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