Time-concentration profile of serum etanercept in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis after treatment discontinuation before orthopedic surgery

Vol.20 No.6

Rapid Communication

Time-concentration profile of serum etanercept in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis after treatment discontinuation before orthopedic surgery

Authors

Keiichiro Nishida^1,2 , Kenzo Hashizume² , Yasutaka Kadota² , Masamitsu Natsumeda³ , Ryuichi Nakahara² , Taichi Saito² , Tomoko Kanazawa² , Kazuhiko Ezawa³ , Toshihumi Ozaki²

Department of Human Morphology, Science of Functional Recovery and Reconstruction, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
Kurashiki Kosai Hospital, 5-4-16, Higashizuka, Kurashiki Okayama, 712-8044, Japan

Received:

31 March 2010

Accepted:

11 May 2010

Published online:

12 June 2010

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Key words

Etanercept - Serum concentration - Rheumatoid arthritis - Orthopedic surgery