Rapid clinical improvement of amyloid A amyloidosis following treatment with tocilizumab despite persisting amyloid deposition: a case report

Abstract Background Amyloid A amyloidosis is one of the most common forms of amyloidosis. It is secondary to rheumatoid arthritis, which is difficult to manage and has a poor prognosis. We present a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and amyloid A amyloidosis who was treated with tocilizumab, a human...

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出版年:BMC Nephrology
主要な著者: Akira Yamagata, Takahiro Uchida, Yuji Yamada, Takashi Nakanishi, Kazue Nagai, Toshihiko Imakiire, Naoki Oshima, Hiroo Kumagai
フォーマット: 論文
言語:英語
出版事項: BMC 2017-12-01
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オンライン・アクセス:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-017-0799-8