| Literature DB >> 21881980 |
Juan C Diaz1, Santiago Vallejo, Carlos A Cañas.
Abstract
We report three patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who were treated with anti-TNF-α agents and who developed drug-induced lupus (DIL). Two of them received etanercept and the remainder adalimumab. We also present the favorable response observed with the withdrawal of the anti-TNF-alpha agents and the introduction of rituximab. Through this intervention, we observed a very good control of the activity of both DIL and RA without additional adverse reactions.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21881980 DOI: 10.1007/s00296-011-2137-y
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rheumatol Int ISSN: 0172-8172 Impact factor: 2.631