| Literature DB >> 16328088 |
Makoto Tanno1, Ichiro Nakamura, Shunsuke Kobayashi, Kumiko Kurihara, Katsumi Ito.
Abstract
Therapies aimed at inhibiting tumor necrosis factor, a proinflammatory cytokine implicated in autoimmune disease, are effective for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and Crohn's disease. We report two patients who newly developed multiple demyelinating lesions in the central nervous system in the course of infliximab therapy for active RA. Neurological symptoms and the number of gadolinium-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid-enhanced lesions in magnetic resonance imaging gradually diminished with steroid treatment.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16328088 DOI: 10.1007/s10067-005-0097-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Rheumatol ISSN: 0770-3198 Impact factor: 2.980