Marked improvement of lung rheumatoid nodules after treatment with tocilizumab

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1132-1134

  Andres, Mariano ^a   Vela, Paloma ^a   Romera, Cintia ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; ETANERCEPT; ISONIAZID; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; TOCILIZUMAB;

ADULT; BONE EROSION; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG NODULE; LUNG RHEUMATOID NODULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID NODULE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATOID NODULE;

EID: 84861472438     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ker455     Document Type: Letter

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