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From: Antibodies toward infliximab are associated with low infliximab concentration at treatment initiation and poor infliximab maintenance in rheumatic diseases

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Initial infliximab dose for patients positive and negative for antibodies toward infliximab (ATI pos and ATI neg , respectively). Box plots show the medians and interquartile ranges, and the whisker plots represent the 95th percentiles. Two patients in the RA subgroup (open circles) received 5 mg/kg infliximab at initiation because they were initially suspected of having psoriatic arthritis. During follow-up, anticitrullinated protein antibodies were detected in both patients, which explains their placement in the RA subgroup. Two patients with SpA (open circles) received 3 mg/kg infliximab at initiation because they had a peripheral form of the disease and were therefore misclassified as having RA. ATI: antibodies toward infliximab; ATIpos: ATI detected at least once during follow-up; ATIneg: ATI not detected; RA: rheumatoid arthritis; SpA: spondyloarthritis.

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