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Case Report

Adult-onset Still’s disease with macrophage activation syndrome successfully treated with a combination of methotrexate and etanercept

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Pages 137-141 | Received 14 Mar 2011, Accepted 23 May 2011, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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