| Literature DB >> 22198693 |
César Faillace, João Ricardo Maltez de Almeida, Jozélio Freire de Carvalho.
Abstract
Demyelinating diseases were described in patients receiving anti-TNF agents. Optic neuritis (ON) induced by TNF blockers was already described in 22 cases in the literature. In this article, the authors report a 53-year-old woman with refractory rheumatoid arthritis that developed neuritis optica after the fourth dose of infliximab and had a good outcome after anti-TNF withdrawal, associated with glucocorticoid treatment. In addition, the previous cases of ON induced by anti-TNF agents were reviewed.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 22198693 DOI: 10.1007/s00296-011-2316-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rheumatol Int ISSN: 0172-8172 Impact factor: 2.631