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Abatacept as an option therapy in difficult to treat psoriatic arthritis

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Psoriatic arthritis (PA) is an inflammatory arthritis associated with cutaneous psoriasis. Treatment consists of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, corticosteroids at low doses and disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs. We relate a case of PA that after the fault of the handlings convecionais to sick we opted for an empiric treatment with Abatacept, based on the current knowledge on the physiopathology of PA and its low hepatotoxicity found in an animal model.

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  1. Department of Rheumatology, Fortaleza General Hospital, Rua Ávila Goulart, 900, Fortaleza, Ceará, CEP 60155-290, Brazil

    Francisco José Fernandes Vieira, Maria Roseli Monteiro Callado & Walber Pinto Vieira

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    Maria Roseli Monteiro Callado

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Vieira, F.J.F., Callado, M.R.M. & Vieira, W.P. Abatacept as an option therapy in difficult to treat psoriatic arthritis. Rheumatol Int 30, 849–850 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-009-1041-1

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