Anti-interleukin 6 receptor therapy as rescue treatment for giant cell arteritis

Ann Rheum Dis. 2011 Oct;70(10):1874-5. doi: 10.1136/ard.2010.149351. Epub 2011 Apr 24.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / therapeutic use*
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / therapeutic use*
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Female
  • Giant Cell Arteritis / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Receptors, Interleukin-6 / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • IL6R protein, human
  • Receptors, Interleukin-6
  • tocilizumab