Sustained response to tocilizumab, anti-interleukin-6 receptor antibody, in two patients with refractory relapsing polychondritis

Rheumatology (Oxford). 2009 Mar;48(3):318-9. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/ken468. Epub 2008 Dec 23.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / therapeutic use*
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Interleukin-6 / blood
  • Middle Aged
  • Polychondritis, Relapsing / drug therapy*
  • Receptors, Interleukin-6 / immunology*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Interleukin-6
  • Receptors, Interleukin-6
  • tocilizumab