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Stellungnahme der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie zur Meldung der US-Food and Drug Administration (FDA) über Fälle von Malignomen bei Anti-TNF-behandelten Patienten

Comment of the Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology on the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announcement regarding cases of malignancy in anti-TNF-treated patients

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Hospach, T., Haas, J., Huppertz, H. et al. Stellungnahme der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie zur Meldung der US-Food and Drug Administration (FDA) über Fälle von Malignomen bei Anti-TNF-behandelten Patienten. Z. Rheumatol. 68, 162–164 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00393-008-0426-y

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