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Etanercept can induce resolution of renal deterioration in patients with amyloid A amyloidosis secondary to rheumatoid arthritis.
Clinical rheumatology - 1 Dec 2010
Nakamura Tadashi, Higashi Syu-ichi, Tomoda Kunihiko, Tsukano Michishi, Shono Masahiro
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The benefit of biological therapies in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment is well known, but their role in amyloid A (AA) amyloidosis secondary to RA is unclear. The aim of this study was to clarify the clinical benefit of etanercept in RA patients with AA amyloidosis. We treated 14 RA patients who had serum amyloid A protein (SAA) 1.3 allele, with biopsy-confirmed AA amyloidosis with etanercept and investigated...
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