Successful treatment of a patient with refractory adult Still's disease by tacrolimus

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 167-170

  Murakami, Kosaku ^a   Fujii, Takao ^a   Yukawa, Naoichiro ^a   Yoshifuji, Hajime ^a   Kawabata, Daisuke ^a   Tanaka, Masao ^a   Usui, Takashi ^a   Mimori, Tsuneyo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult Still's disease; Interleukin 18; Interleukin 6; Tacrolimus; Tumor necrosis factor; Tumor necrosis factor inhibitors

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CYCLOSPORIN; ETANERCEPT; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT ONSET STILL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HIP DISEASE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; STILL'S DISEASE, ADULT-ONSET; TACROLIMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 34247250200     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-006-0559-2     Document Type: Article

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