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Rapid clinical improvement of amyloid A amyloidosis following treatment with tocilizumab despite persisting amyloid deposition: a case report
BACKGROUND: Amyloid A amyloidosis is one of the most common forms of amyloidosis. It is secondary to rheumatoid arthritis, which is difficult to manage and has a poor prognosis. We present a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and amyloid A amyloidosis who was treated with tocilizumab, a humanized mon...
Autores principales: | Yamagata, Akira, Uchida, Takahiro, Yamada, Yuji, Nakanishi, Takashi, Nagai, Kazue, Imakiire, Toshihiko, Oshima, Naoki, Kumagai, Hiroo |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5747944/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29287589 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-017-0799-8 |
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