Acquired Factor VIII Inhibitor in a Patient of Rheumatoid Arthritis on Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Therapy

Acquired factor VIII inhibitor.

PERSISTENT or uncontrolled bleeding is one of the most feared consequences of any surgical procedure. Numerous factors can contribute to its etiology. Among these, both inherited and acquired disorders of coagulation and/or thrombocyte function need to be taken into account. Acquired hemophilia can be caused by antibodies to coagulation factors. Antibodies can arise in hemophilic or nonhemophil...

Rheumatoid Arthritis: Refractory to Infliximab, a Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor

UNLABELLED Rheumatoid arthritis is one of the commonest autoimmune diseases. It is a chronic, progressive, systemic inflammatory disorder affecting the synovial joints and typically producing symmetrical arthritis. If left untreated, it leads to joint destruction and thus deformity and disability.In the recent years, advances in molecular biology have led to a variety of new treatment approache...

Coagulation Therapy in Hemophilia A and its Relation to Factor VIII Inhibitor in Northeast of Iran

Effect of Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Therapy on Osteoclasts Precursors in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Objective. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) increases circulating osteoclast (OC) precursors numbers by promoting their proliferation and differentiation. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of TNF inhibitors (TNFi) on the differentiation and activity of OC in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Methods. Seventeen RA patients treated with TNFi were analyzed at baseline and after a minimum...

FACTOR V AND VIII INHIBITOR IN PATIENTS WITH COMBINED FACTOR V AND VIII DEFICIENCY

Patients with coagulation factor(s) deficiency who use coagulation therapy are susceptible to forming inhibitors against coagulation factor(s). In this survey we detected factor V and VIII inhibitor in ten patients with combined deficiency of factors V and VIII from north east of Iran (Khorassan province). It was revealed in our survey that eight patients had both factor V and factor VIII i...