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Successful Treatment of Severe Behçet's Disease with Infliximab in an Italian Olympic Athlete.| Authors: | Ignazio Olivieri, Loredana Latanza, Sebastiano Siringo, Giovanni Peruz, Valentina Di Iorio | | Language: | ENG. | | Date: | 8-5-2008 | | Journal: | The Journal of rheumatology
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| | Release: | J Rheumatol. 2008 May;35(5):930-932 | |
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An Italian Olympic athlete with a severe form of Behçet's disease was given infliximab. He had oral aphthosis, papulopustular and follicular lesions, and a bilateral cystoid macular edema. After the first 3 infusions, the mucocutaneous lesions disappeared and cystoid macular edema was much improved. Cyclosporine was stopped and the prednisone dose was progressively tapered until the cystoid macular edema disappeared.
| | Copyright: | The Journal of rheumatology
From the Rheumatology Department of Lucania, San Carlo Hospital of Potenza and Madonna delle Grazie Hospital of Matera, Potenza and Matera; Service of Ocular Immunopathology, Department of Ophthalmology, A. Cardarelli Hospital, Naples; and Gastrointestinal Unit, Garibaldi Hospital, Catania, Italy. | | Full text: | | | |
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