Successful treatment of chronic tophaceous gout with infliximab (Remicade)

Rheumatology International

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 274-276

  Fiehn, Christoph ^a   Zeier, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Gout; Infliximab; TNF

Indexed keywords

INFLIXIMAB; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; GOUT; HUMAN; JOINT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; GOUT; HUMANS; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 29244463873     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-005-0617-7     Document Type: Article

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