Treatment of idiopathic sclerosing inflammation of the orbit (myositis) with infliximab

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 906-908

  Sahlin, Sven ^a   Lignell, Börje ^b   Williams, Maria ^b   Dastmalchi, Maryam ^c   Orrego, Abiel ^c  

^a ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÅHS ^*  (Finland)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Idiopathic orbital inflammation; Infliximab; Myositis; Sclerosing orbital inflammation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; EYE BIOPSY; EYE IRRITATION; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCLEROSING ORBITAL INFLAMMATION; MYOSITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METHOTREXATE; ORBITAL MYOSITIS; RETREATMENT; SCLEROSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 73349098189     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2008.01320.x     Document Type: Article

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