Type I reaction of Hansen's disease with exposure to adalimumab: A case report

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1040-1043

  Oberstein, Elana M ^a   Kromo, Olga ^a   Tozman, Elaine C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLOFAZIMINE; DAPSONE; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; RIFAMPICIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; HUMAN; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LEPROSY; MALE; OSTEOPENIA; PSORIASIS; RASH; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 47249160781     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.23815     Document Type: Article

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