Rapid visual recovery following intravenous tocilizumab in glucocorticoid resistant refractory giant cell arteritis

A 72-year-old man presented with a short history of headache, jaw claudication, double vision, amaurosis fugax and distended temporal arteries. A diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA) was confirmed on temporal artery ultrasound and temporal artery biopsy. Despite treatment with high-dose oral gluc...

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Udgivet i:BMJ Case Rep
Main Authors: Svasti-Salee, Carl Richard, Mollan, Susan P, Morgan, Ann W, Quick, Vanessa
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Novel Treatment (New Drug/Intervention; Established Drug/Procedure in New Situation)
Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6781960/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31586951
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2019-229236
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