Albumin-to-Globulin Ratio at 1 Year after Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor α Therapy Can Serve as a Prognostic Biomarker in Pediatric Crohn's Disease Patients.
Eun-Sil KimYiyoung KwonYon Ho ChoeMi-Jin KimPublished in: Gut and liver (2021)
AGR can be used to predict relapse. Patients with AGRs <1.47 at 1 year after anti-TNF-α therapy are more likely to have low drug TLs and develop ADAs, which increase the possibility of relapse than those with AGRs ≥1.47. Therefore, if the AGR at 1 year after anti-TNF-α therapy is less than 1.47, clinicians should monitor disease activity, assess the TLs of the anti-TNF-α agents, test for ADAs and determine the appropriate therapeutic strategies.
Keyphrases
- rheumatoid arthritis
- disease activity
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- ankylosing spondylitis
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- palliative care
- prognostic factors
- emergency department
- bone marrow
- mesenchymal stem cells
- free survival
- smoking cessation