CLINICAL CASE OF USING TOCILIZUMAB FOR A FEMALE PATIENT WITH AN EARLY DEBUT OF SYSTEMIC JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS

• Main Authors: О. L. Lomakina (Author), Ye. I. Alekseyeva (Author), S. I. Valieva (Author), Т. М. Bzarova (Author), R. V. Denisova (Author), Т. V. Sleptsova (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: "Paediatrician" Publishers LLC, 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The article describes a case of an early debut and difficult treatment of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis resistant to peroral glucocorticoids. The described clinical example demonstrates the successful use of tocilizumab, a monoclonal antibody drug, against interleukin-6 receptors. After the...