Refractory necrotizing scleritis successfully treated with adalimumab
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Refractory necrotizing scleritis successfully treated with adalimumab
Necrotizing scleritis is the most severe and destructive form of scleritis with vision-threatening sequelae. It is divided into with inflammation and without inflammation (scleromalacia perforans). Adalimumab is a tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-inhibiting anti-inflammatory medication licensed for the treatment of rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and inflammatory bowel di...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1869-5760
DOI: 10.1186/s12348-016-0107-y