Erosive arthritis and posterior uveitis in Behçet's disease: treatment with interferon alpha and interferon gamma.
Very few patients with Behçet's disease (BD) have been treated with interferon alpha (IFN alpha) or interferon gamma (IFN gamma) to date. We report the successful longterm treatment of a female German patient with erosive arthritis and posterior uveitis with IFN alpha and IFN gamma sequentially and in combination.
Kötter
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University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, Tübingen, Germany.
Dürk
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Eckstein
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Zierhut
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Fierlbeck
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Saal
J G
JG
D000293:Adolescent; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001168:Arthritis / Q000628:therapy; D016918:Arthritis, Reactive / Q000175:diagnosis; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014605:Uveitis / Q000628:therapy
D000998:Antiviral Agents; D016898:Interferon-alpha; D007371:Interferon-gamma