Successful Use of Higher-Dose Etanercept for Multirefractory Systemic Flare of Adult-Onset Still’s Disease with Liver Failure with No Response to Tocilizumab Therapy

A 21-year-old woman with refractory systemic flare of adult-onset Still’s disease with liver failure despite high-dose corticosteroids, cyclosporine, tacrolimus, and tocilizumab, was successfully treated with additional use of etanercept. Etanercept at a dose of 50 mg weekly was partially effective...

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Main Authors: Taio Naniwa, Shinya Tamechika, Shiho Iwagaitsu, Shinji Maeda, Hiroyuki Togawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Rheumatology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/923497
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