Rheumatology Advance Access originally published online on September 1, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46(10):1626-1627; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem195
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Effects of tumour necrosis factor alpha blockade on lipid profile in active rheumatoid arthritis
"Sapienza" Università di Roma, II Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Azienda Ospedaliera S.Andrea, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche; I Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, 1Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale and 2Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica.
Correspondence to: Flavia Del Porto, MD, Università La Sapienza, II Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Azienda Ospedaliera SantAndrea, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Via di Grottarossa 1039, 00189 Roma, Italia. E-mail: flavia.delporto@uniroma1.it
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SIR, We would like to thank Dr Armstrong for his helpful comment regarding lipid profile behaviour during anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-
treatment. Such a topic is of increasing interest in the literature, despite lack of long-term definitive supporting evidence [1–4]. Actually, in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)