Comparative study of corticosteroid monotherapy, and TNF inhibitors with or without corticosteroid in patients with refractory entero-Behcet’s disease

Comparative study of corticosteroid monotherapy, and TNF inhibitors with or without corticosteroid in patients with refractory entero-Behcet’s disease

Abstract Background Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors (TNF-i) are effective in the treatment of entero-Behcet’s disease (BD). However, there is no objective tool for assessment of disease activity in entero-BD; therefore, it is not easy to evaluate treatment effectiveness in the clinical settin...

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Main Authors: Ippei Miyagawa, Kazuhisa Nakano, Shigeru Iwata, Shingo Nakayamada, Kazuyoshi Saito, Kentaro Hanami, Shunsuke Fukuyo, Satoshi Kubo, Akio Kawabe, Yusuke Miyazaki, Yoshiya Tanaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Arthritis Research & Therapy
Subjects:
Behcet’s disease
Entero-Behcet’s disease
TNF inhibitor
Corticosteroid
Disease activity index
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13075-019-1933-8

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