Isolated digital vasculitis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis:: good response to tumour necrosis factor α blocking treatment

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den Broeder, AA [1 ]
van den Hoogen, FHJ [1 ]
van de Putte, LBA [1 ]
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[1] Univ Nijmegen, Med Ctr, Dept Rheumatol, NL-6500 HB Nijmegen, Netherlands
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10.1136/ard.60.5.538
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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Tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) blocking agents are among the most promising new treatments for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), However, no data exist about the effect of these agents on extra-articular manifestations of RA. A patient is described with small vessel vasculitis that repeatedly responded well to treatment with the soluble p55 TNF alpha receptor fusion protein Ro 45-2081 (lenercept).
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