Newer biological treatment strategies have been developed in the last decade with some promising outcomes. Their safety, however, has been questioned lately with multiple reports of increased risk for malignancies and infectious complications. These reports render their use suboptimal. We report a 44-year-old woman receiving adalimumab (Humira®) for advanced juvenile rheumatoid arthritis who then developed acute myelogenic leukemia.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:etsu-works-18732 |
Date | 01 December 2008 |
Creators | Saba, Nakhle, Kosseifi, Semaan G., Charaf, Edris A., Hammad, Ahmad N. |
Publisher | Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University |
Source Sets | East Tennessee State University |
Detected Language | English |
Type | text |
Source | ETSU Faculty Works |
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