Response to: 'Neuroinflammatory events after anti-TNFα therapy' by Kaltsonoudis et al

First of all, we would like to thank Dr Kaltsonoudis et al for their interest in our study. Dr Kaltsonoudis et al 1 have raised an interesting suggestion in their correspondence based on their study from 2014.2 They suggest that all patients who are candidates for tumour necrosis factor alpha inhibitor (TNFi) therapy should have a thorough neurological assessment (including brain MRI and neurophysiological tests) before commencing TNFi treatment. Moreover, they believe that the risk of neuroinflammatory events following treatment with TNFis is not disease-dependent, but agent-dependent, and that part of the observed risks following treatment …