A case of refractory adult-onset Still's disease successfully controlled with tocilizumab and a review of the literature

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1465-1467

  Perdan Pirkmajer, Katja ^a   Praprotnik, Sonja ^a   Tomšič, Matija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Arthritis; IL 6; Still's disease; Tocilizumab

Indexed keywords

ETANERCEPT; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; TOCILIZUMAB;

ADULT; ADULT ONSET STILL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; HUMANS; MALE; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-6; STILL'S DISEASE, ADULT-ONSET;

EID: 78649326282     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-010-1553-9     Document Type: Article

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