Successful Treatment of a Patient with Giant Cell Vasculitis (Horton Arteritis) with Tocilizumab a Humanized Anti-Interleukin-6 Receptor Antibody

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common form of systemic vasculitis in adults, affecting preferentially medium-large size arteries. Here we report a case of a female with a diagnosis of GCA based on temporal artery biopsy, successfully treated with tocilizumab, a humanized anti-interleukin-6 r...

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Huvudupphovsmän: Lurati, Alfredomaria, Bertani, Luca, Re, Katia Angela, Marrazza, Mariagrazia, Bompane, Daniela, Scarpellini, Magda
Materialtyp: Artigo
Språk:Inglês
Publicerad: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Case Report
Länkar:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3420619/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22937454
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/639612
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