A HISTORY CASE OF TOCILIZUMAB USAGE IN A PATIENT WITH SYSTEMIC JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS
The article represents a history case of successful usage of tolicizumab (anti-interleukin 6 monoclonal antibodies) in treatment of severe systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis, resistant to previous standard antirheumatic therapy. Tocilizumab treatment led to distal joints function restoration and...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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"Paediatrician" Publishers LLC
2012-07-01
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| Series: | Вопросы современной педиатрии |
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| Online Access: | https://vsp.spr-journal.ru/jour/article/view/476 |
| Summary: | The article represents a history case of successful usage of tolicizumab (anti-interleukin 6 monoclonal antibodies) in treatment of severe systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis, resistant to previous standard antirheumatic therapy. Tocilizumab treatment led to distal joints function restoration and improvement of life quality in a short period of time. The drug prevented the continued progression of incapacitating injury and induced the clinical and laboratory remission of the disease. |
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| ISSN: | 1682-5527 1682-5535 |