Erosive arthritis and posterior uveitis in Behçet's disease: treatment with interferon alpha and interferon gamma

I Kötter; H Dürk; A Eckstein; M Zierhut; G Fierlbeck; J G Saal

Erosive arthritis and posterior uveitis in Behçet's disease: treatment with interferon alpha and interferon gamma

Clin Exp Rheumatol. 1996 May-Jun;14(3):313-5.

Authors

I Kötter¹, H Dürk, A Eckstein, M Zierhut, G Fierlbeck, J G Saal

Affiliation

¹ University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, Tübingen, Germany.

PMID: 8809448

Abstract

Very few patients with Behçet's disease (BD) have been treated with interferon alpha (IFN alpha) or interferon gamma (IFN gamma) to date. We report the successful longterm treatment of a female German patient with erosive arthritis and posterior uveitis with IFN alpha and IFN gamma sequentially and in combination.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use*
Arthritis / therapy
Arthritis, Reactive / diagnosis
Behcet Syndrome / diagnosis
Behcet Syndrome / therapy*
Diagnosis, Differential
Drug Administration Schedule
Drug Therapy, Combination
Female
Humans
Interferon-alpha / therapeutic use*
Interferon-gamma / therapeutic use*
Uveitis / therapy

Substances

Antiviral Agents
Interferon-alpha
Interferon-gamma