USE OF ETANERCEPT IN PATIENTS WITH OLIGOARTICULAR JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS
The article describes a case of torpid course of oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and the successful use of soluble receptorsf or tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF) — etanercept — during its treatment. After 4 weeks of treatment the patient returned to normal laboratory indices of t...
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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"Paediatrician" Publishers LLC
2014-12-01
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| Series: | Вопросы современной педиатрии |
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| Online Access: | https://vsp.spr-journal.ru/jour/article/view/106 |
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| Summary: | The article describes a case of torpid course of oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and the successful use of soluble receptorsf or tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF) — etanercept — during its treatment. After 4 weeks of treatment the patient returned to normal laboratory indices of the disease activity, and the duration of morning stiffness and severity of inflammatory changes in the joints decreased; after 3 months the acute inflammatory changes in the joints disappeared; after 6 months the patient's functional ability restored; and after 9 months the medically induced remission of the disease was recorded. |
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| ISSN: | 1682-5527 1682-5535 |