Rapid and complete resolution of ascites and hydrothorax due to nephrotic syndrome caused by renal amyloidosis in a patient with juvenile chronic arthritis treated with adalimumab

Joint Bone Spine. 2009 Mar;76(2):217-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2008.08.007. Epub 2009 Feb 3.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adalimumab
  • Adult
  • Amyloidosis / complications
  • Amyloidosis / drug therapy*
  • Amyloidosis / pathology
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / therapeutic use*
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Antirheumatic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Arthritis, Juvenile / complications
  • Arthritis, Juvenile / drug therapy*
  • Arthritis, Juvenile / pathology
  • Ascites / drug therapy
  • Ascites / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hydrothorax / drug therapy
  • Hydrothorax / pathology
  • Nephrotic Syndrome / drug therapy*
  • Nephrotic Syndrome / etiology
  • Nephrotic Syndrome / pathology
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / antagonists & inhibitors*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Antirheumatic Agents
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • Adalimumab