Successful Tocilizumab Therapy for Macrophage Activation Syndrome Associated with Adult-Onset Still's Disease: A Case-Based Review

We report the case of a 71-year-old Japanese woman with adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) in whom macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) developed despite therapy with oral high-dose prednisolone and intravenous methylprednisolone pulse therapy twice. She was successfully treated with tocilizuma...

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Autores principales: Watanabe, Eri, Sugawara, Hitoshi, Yamashita, Takeshi, Ishii, Akira, Oda, Aya, Terai, Chihiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5027298/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27688774
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5656320

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5027298/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27688774
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5656320

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