Pentoxifylline for the treatment of anterior uveitis in Behcet's disease: Possible alternative for TNF blockers

Rheumatology International

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1511-1513

  Appenzeller, Simone ^a   Hazel, Elizabeth ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behcet's disease; Pentoxifylline; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PREDNISONE; PREDNISONE ACETATE;

ACNE; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTHRITIS; BEHCET DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IRIDOCYCLITIS; KNEE ARTHRITIS; MOUTH ULCER; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN DEFECT; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; TREATMENT DURATION; VAGINAL ULCER; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WRIST;

ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; PENTOXIFYLLINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR;

EID: 83555173704     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-009-1305-9     Document Type: Review

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