Adalimumab treatment for life threatening pulmonary artery aneurysm in Behçet disease: A case report

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-93

  Lee, Sung Won ^a   Lee, Sang Yeob ^a   Kim, Ki Nam ^a   Jung, Jin Kyu ^a   Chung, Won Tae ^a,b  

^a Dong A University   (South Korea)

^b NONE   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adalimumab; Beh et disease; Pulmonary artery aneurysm; TNF inhibitor

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; COLCHICINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DYSPNEA; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG INFARCTION; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BEHCET SYNDROME; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; PREDNISONE; PULMONARY ARTERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72949107812     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-009-1272-2     Document Type: Article

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