Infliximab is a plausible alternative for neurologic complications of Behçet disease
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Infliximab is a plausible alternative for neurologic complications of Behçet disease
OBJECTIVE We evaluated the effectiveness of infliximab in patients with neuro-Behçet syndrome for whom other immunosuppressive medications had failed. METHODS Patients whose common immunosuppressive medications fail in recurrent neuro-Behçet syndrome need an alternative. We report our experience with the tumor necrosis factor α blocker infliximab for long-term treatment of neuro-Behçet syndro...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology - Neuroimmunology Neuroinflammation
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2332-7812
DOI: 10.1212/nxi.0000000000000258