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EFFECTIVENESS OF INFLIXIMAB IN PATIENT WITH SYSTEMIC TYPE OF JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

Abstract

The article presents the case report of a child with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, systemic type. The efficacy of infliximab (Remicade) in treatment of systemic types of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) is analyzed. Treatment of JRA with high doses of prednisolone is inacceptable due to the risk of severe adverse events.
Key words: juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, systemic type, infliximab, prednisolone, treatment.
(Voprosy sovremennoi pediatrii — Current Pediatrics. 2011; 10 (2): 201–204)

About the Authors

E.S. Zholobova
University Children’s Clinic, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University


M.N. Nikolaeva
University Children’s Clinic, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University


O.G. Sukhov’eva
University Children’s Clinic, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University


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Zholobova E., Nikolaeva M., Sukhov’eva O. EFFECTIVENESS OF INFLIXIMAB IN PATIENT WITH SYSTEMIC TYPE OF JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. Current Pediatrics. 2011;10(2):201-204.

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