Drug-induced lupus in anti-TNF-alpha therapy and its treatment with rituximab

We report three patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who were treated with anti-TNF-α agents and who developed drug-induced lupus (DIL). Two of them received etanercept and the remainder adalimumab. We also present the favorable response observed with the withdrawal of the anti-TNF-alpha agents a...

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Autores:
Diaz, Juan C.
Cañas Dávila, Carlos Alberto
Vallejo, Santiago
Tipo de recurso:
Article of investigation
Fecha de publicación:
2012
Institución:
Universidad ICESI
Repositorio:
Repositorio ICESI
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.icesi.edu.co:10906/78519
Acceso en línea:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21881980
http://hdl.handle.net/10906/78519
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00296-011-2137-y
Palabra clave:
Artritis reumatoide
Lupus
Rituximab
Medicina
Ciencias socio biomédicas
Biomedical sciences
Rights
openAccess
License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/