Anakinra treatment in patients with adult-onset Still's disease is fast, effective, safe and steroid sparing: Experience from an uncontrolled trial [6]

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 842-843

  Kalliolias, George D ^a   Georgiou, Panagioris E ^b   Antonopoulos, Ioannis A ^a   Andonopoulos, Andrew P ^a   Liossis, Stamatis Nick C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETANERCEPT; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT ONSET STILL DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CUSHING SYNDROME; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE RASH; LETTER; MALE; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST PROTEIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STILL'S DISEASE, ADULT-ONSET; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249799278     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2006.066381     Document Type: Letter

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