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What evidence and clinical guidance is offered by trials evaluating the role, safety, and efficacy of IL-6 targeting agents in the setting of RA?

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Description: What evidence and clinical guidance is offered by trials evaluating the role, safety, and efficacy of IL-6 targeting agents in the setting of RA?

Published: February 27, 2017

What evidence and clinical guidance is offered by trials evaluating the role, safety, and efficacy of IL-6 targeting agents in the setting of RA?

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Daniel Furst, MD

Professor of Rheumatology
Carl M. Pearson Chair of Rheumatology
Director of Interventional Therapeutics
University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center for Health Sciences
Los Angeles, CA

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