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Case Report

Efficacy of adalimumab for a refractory case of relapsing polychondritis with reduction of pro-inflammatory cytokines

Hideki NakamuraUnit of Translational Medicine, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Takahisa SuzukiUnit of Translational Medicine, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Kentaro NagaokaSecond Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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Satoshi YamasakiUnit of Translational Medicine, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Mami TamaiUnit of Translational Medicine, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Tomayoshi HayashiDepartment of Pathology, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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Atsushi KawakamiUnit of Translational Medicine, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Pages 665-668 | Received 23 Feb 2011, Accepted 23 Mar 2011, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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