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Keywords: certolizumab pegol, Doppler ultrasound, gray scale ultrasound, rheumatoid arthritis.

Citation: Mendonça JA, Damian G. The efficacy of certolizumab pegol in rheumatoid arthritis assessed by gray scale and power Doppler ultrasonography: case reports. Drugs in Context 2019; 8: 212554. DOI: 10.7573/dic.212554

Contributions: All named authors meet the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) criteria for authorship for this article, take responsibility for the integrity of the work as a whole, and have given their approval for this version to be published.

Disclosure and potential conflicts of interest: JA Mendonça declares no conflicts of interest. G Damian is a full-time employee of UCB, Biopharma S.A., São Paulo, Brazil. The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) Potential Conflicts of Interests form for the authors are available for download at https://www.drugsincontext.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/dic.212554-COI.pdf

Acknowledgments: Writing assistance was provided to the authors by Robert A Furlong PhD and David P Figgitt PhD, ISMPP CMPP™, Content Ed Net.

Funding declaration: Editorial assistance was provided by Content Ed Net (Brazil) with funding from UCB Biopharma S.A., São Paulo, Brazil. There was no other funding associated with the preparation of this article.

Copyright: Copyright © 2019 Mendonça JA, Damian G. Published by Drugs in Context under Creative Commons License Deed CC BY NC ND 4.0, which allows anyone to copy, distribute, and transmit the article provided it is properly attributed in the manner specified below. No commercial use without permission.

Correct attribution: Copyright © 2019 Mendonça JA, Damian G. https://doi.org/10.7573/dic.212554. Published by Drugs in Context under Creative Commons License Deed CC BY NC ND 4.0.

Article URL: https://www.drugsincontext.com/the-efficacy-of-certolizumab-pegol-in-rheumatoid-arthritis-assessed-by-gray-scale-and-power-doppler-ultrasonography:-case-reports

Correspondence: José Alexandre Mendonça, Pontifícia Universidade de Campinas, PUCCAMP, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. mendoncaja.us@gmail.com

Provenance: submitted; externally peer reviewed.

Submitted: 28 August 2018; Peer review comments to author: 17 October 2018; Revised manuscript received: 11 December 2018; Accepted: 12 December 2018; Publication date: 13 February 2019.

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