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- Title
Macrophage activation syndrome after leflunomide treatment in an adult rheumatoid arthritis patient.
- Authors
Ricci, Massimo; Rossi, Paolo; De Marco, Gabriele; Varisco, Valentina; Marchesoni, Antonio
- Abstract
The article deals with the occurrence of macrophage activation syndrome after leflunomide treatment in a 64-year-old man with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It also reports that the patient developed a severe fatigue and a persistent high fever. The old man has underwent a bone marrow aspiration which showed the development of focal macrophages.
- Subjects
MACROPHAGE activation; LEFLUNOMIDE; OLDER men; RHEUMATOID arthritis; BONE marrow; DISEASES in older people
- Publication
Rheumatology, 2010, Vol 49, Issue 10, p2001
- ISSN
1462-0324
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/rheumatology/keq201