Adalimumab for recurrent orbital myositis in Crohn's disease: Report of a case with a 3-year follow-up

Journal of Crohn's and Colitis

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 265-266

  Hernández Garfella, María Luisa ^a   Gracia García, Alicia ^a   Cervera Taulet, Enrique ^a   García Villanueva, Carolina ^a   Montero Hernández, Javier ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE PAIN; EYE SWELLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL MYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ORBITAL MYOSITIS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 79955954669     PISSN: 18739946     EISSN: 18764479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crohns.2011.02.010     Document Type: Letter

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