Systemic autoimmune disease in asbestosis rapidly responding to anti-interleukin-1beta antibody canakinumab: a case report

BACKGROUND: Asbestosis is characterized by lung and pleural fibrosis and by immune system dysregulation, with autoantibody production and systemic immune-mediated disease. No specific therapies are available for asbestosis. Recently, the pivotal pathogenic role exerted by interleukin-1beta has been...

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Autores principales: Niccoli, Laura, Cassarà, Emanuele, Kaloudi, Olga, Nannini, Carlotta, Romagnoli, Micaela, Cantini, Fabrizio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4465479/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26071911
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-015-0602-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4465479/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26071911
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-015-0602-6

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