Ulcerative Colitis and Familial Mediterranean Fever: Can Anakinra Treat Both?

Anakinra is a biological drug used in rheumatoid arthritis and several autoinflammatory diseases. Its main side effects are injection site reactions and increased infection rate. We present a 28-year-old man with familial Mediterranean fever, whose disease went into remission on anakinra, with conco...

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Autores principales: Kaly, Lisa, Rozenbaum, Michael, Rimar, Doron, Slobodin, Gleb, Boulman, Nina, Awisat, Abid, Ginsberg, Shira, Jiries, Nizar, Rosner, Itzhak
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6722364/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31620540
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000143
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Sumario:Anakinra is a biological drug used in rheumatoid arthritis and several autoinflammatory diseases. Its main side effects are injection site reactions and increased infection rate. We present a 28-year-old man with familial Mediterranean fever, whose disease went into remission on anakinra, with concomitant flare of his ulcerative colitis.

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