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Relapsing polychondritis: new therapeutic strategies with biological agents

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Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare disease of unknown etiology characterized by recurrent episodes of inflammation resulting in the destruction of cartilaginous tissues. We describe a young girl with RP unresponsive to conventional therapy.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Rheumatology, Ospedale Pediatrico “Bambino Gesù” IRCCS, Piazza S. Onofrio, 4, 00135, Rome, Italy

    Paola Sabrina Buonuomo, Claudia Bracaglia, Andrea Campana, Antonella Insalaco, Elisabetta Cortis & Alberto G. Ugazio

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Dermatology, Ospedale Pediatrico “Bambino Gesù” IRCCS, Rome, Italy

    Maya El Hachem & Andrea Diociaiuti

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Pneumology, Ospedale Pediatrico “Bambino Gesù” IRCCS, Rome, Italy

    Beatrice Chiarini Testa

  4. Direzione Scientifica, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy

    Fabrizio De Benedetti

  5. Unit of Otolaryngology, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Palidoro, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy

    Giovanni Carlo De Vincentiis

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Buonuomo, P.S., Bracaglia, C., Campana, A. et al. Relapsing polychondritis: new therapeutic strategies with biological agents. Rheumatol Int 30, 691–693 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-009-0981-9

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