EFFECTIVENESS OF INFLIXIMAB IN PATIENT WITH SYSTEMIC TYPE OF JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

E.S. Zholobova; M.N. Nikolaeva; O.G. Sukhov’eva

Вопросы современной педиатрии (Jan 2011)

EFFECTIVENESS OF INFLIXIMAB IN PATIENT WITH SYSTEMIC TYPE OF JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

E.S. Zholobova,
M.N. Nikolaeva,
O.G. Sukhov’eva

Affiliations

E.S. Zholobova: University Children’s Clinic, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
M.N. Nikolaeva: University Children’s Clinic, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
O.G. Sukhov’eva: University Children’s Clinic, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 2
pp. 201 – 204

Abstract

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The article presents the case report of a child with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, systemic type. The efficacy of infliximab (Remicade) in treatment of systemic types of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) is analyzed. Treatment of JRA with high doses of prednisolone is inacceptable due to the risk of severe adverse events.Key words: juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, systemic type, infliximab, prednisolone, treatment.(Voprosy sovremennoi pediatrii — Current Pediatrics. 2011; 10 (2): 201–204)

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ISSN: 1682-5527 (Print); 1682-5535 (Online)
Publisher: "Paediatrician" Publishers LLC
Country of publisher: Russian Federation
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pediatrics
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