Interleukin 6 blockade as steroid-sparing treatment for 2 patients with giant cell arteritis

J Rheumatol. 2011 Sep;38(9):2080-1. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.110496.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / therapeutic use*
  • Antirheumatic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Giant Cell Arteritis / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Interleukin-6 / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Steroids / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Antirheumatic Agents
  • IL6 protein, human
  • Interleukin-6
  • Steroids
  • tocilizumab