Anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy does not diminish the immune response to influenza vaccine in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Tetsuo KubotaTokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School of Health Sciences,1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]

Tokiko NiiTokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School of Health Sciences,1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan

Toshihiro NankiDepartment of Medicine and Rheumatology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School,Tokyo, Japan

Hitoshi KohsakaDepartment of Medicine and Rheumatology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School,Tokyo, Japan

Masayoshi HarigaiDepartment of Medicine and Rheumatology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School,Tokyo, Japan

Yukiko KomanoDepartment of Medicine and Rheumatology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School,Tokyo, Japan

Takahiko SugiharaDepartment of Medicine and Rheumatology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School,Tokyo, Japan

Yoshinori NonomuraDepartment of Medicine and Rheumatology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School,Tokyo, Japan

Wataru HiroseHirose Clinic,Tokorozawa, Japan

Kenji NagasakaOme Municipal General Hospital,Ome, Japan

Tetsushi SakuraiSakurai Clinic,Ome, Japan

Nobuyuki MiyasakaDepartment of Medicine and Rheumatology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School,Tokyo, Japan

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