title: Sustained response to tocilizumab, anti-interleukin-6 receptor antibody, in two patients with refractory relapsing polychondritis.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hagihara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuwahara
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arimitsu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Narazaki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ogata
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kawase
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kishimoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000097:blood; D008875:Middle Aged; D011081:Polychondritis, Relapsing / Q000188:drug therapy*; D019947:Receptors, Interleukin-6 / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; D015850:Interleukin-6; D019947:Receptors, Interleukin-6; C502936:tocilizumab