Interleukin 6 blockage-induced neutropenia in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and resolved hepatitis B

The authors present a case report of a 59-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis after documented recovery from hepatitis C (HCV) infection and with resolved HBV infection who has been undergoing successful tocilizumab treatment. The patient experienced moderate to severe neutropenia after consecu...

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Autores principales: Chmielińska, Magdalena, Olesińska, Marzena, Felis-Giemza, Anna
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Narodowy Instytut Geriatrii, Reumatologii i Rehabilitacji w Warszawie 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4847281/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27407267
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/reum.2015.57640
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spelling pubmed-48472812016-07-12 Interleukin 6 blockage-induced neutropenia in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and resolved hepatitis B Chmielińska, Magdalena Olesińska, Marzena Felis-Giemza, Anna Reumatologia Original Article The authors present a case report of a 59-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis after documented recovery from hepatitis C (HCV) infection and with resolved HBV infection who has been undergoing successful tocilizumab treatment. The patient experienced moderate to severe neutropenia after consecutive tocilizumab administrations. However, no serious infections or HBV reactivation was recorded during that period. Narodowy Instytut Geriatrii, Reumatologii i Rehabilitacji w Warszawie 2016-02-11 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4847281/ /pubmed/27407267 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/reum.2015.57640 Text en Copyright © Narodowy Instytut Geriatrii, Reumatologii i Rehabilitacji w Warszawie 2015 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License, allowing third parties to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and to remix, transform, and build upon the material, provided the original work is properly cited and states its license.
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Interleukin 6 blockage-induced neutropenia in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and resolved hepatitis B
title Interleukin 6 blockage-induced neutropenia in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and resolved hepatitis B
title_full Interleukin 6 blockage-induced neutropenia in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and resolved hepatitis B
title_fullStr Interleukin 6 blockage-induced neutropenia in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and resolved hepatitis B
title_full_unstemmed Interleukin 6 blockage-induced neutropenia in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and resolved hepatitis B
title_short Interleukin 6 blockage-induced neutropenia in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and resolved hepatitis B
title_sort interleukin 6 blockage-induced neutropenia in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and resolved hepatitis b
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4847281/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27407267
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/reum.2015.57640
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