Improvement of renal function and disappearance of hepatitis B virus DNA in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and renal amyloidosis following treatment with infliximab

Arthritis Rheum. 2005 Aug;52(8):2519-20. doi: 10.1002/art.21216.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amyloidosis / drug therapy*
  • Amyloidosis / virology
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / therapeutic use*
  • Antirheumatic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / drug therapy*
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / virology
  • DNA, Viral / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Female
  • Hepatitis B virus / genetics*
  • Hepatitis B virus / physiology
  • Humans
  • Infliximab
  • Kidney / drug effects
  • Kidney / physiopathology*
  • Kidney Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Kidney Diseases / physiopathology
  • Kidney Diseases / virology
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Virus Replication / drug effects

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antirheumatic Agents
  • DNA, Viral
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • Infliximab