Anti-TNF treatment and miliary tuberculosis in Crohn’s disease

Introdution. Tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) has a central role in the host immune response to mycobacterial infection. TNFα blockade may therefore result in reactivation of recent or remotely acquired infection. In reported mycobacterium tuberculosis infections, extra-pulmonary and dissemina...

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Main Authors: Milenković Branislava, Dudvarski-Ilić Aleksandra, Janković Goran, Martinović Lena, Mijač Dragana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Serbian Medical Society 2011-01-01
Series:Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo
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Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0370-8179/2011/0370-81791108514M.pdf