Abstracts tagged "Autoinflammatory Disease and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)"

Abstract Number: 2274 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
TNF Inhibitors Provide Long-Term Clinical Benefits in 6 Patients with Early-Onset Sarcoidosis
Tomokazu Nagakura¹, Tsuyoshi Yamatou², Tomohiro Kubota², Hiroyuki Wakiguchi², Yuichi Yamasaki², Yukiko Nonaka², Tomoko Takezaki², Harumi Akaike², Yasuhito Nerome², Hiroyuki Imanaka² and Syuji Takei³, ¹Department of Pediatrics, House of Meguminoseibo, Usuki, Japan, ²Department of Pediatrics, Kagoshima University Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan, ³School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
Background/Purpose: Early-onset sarcoidosis (EOS) is a NOD2 gene-associated chronic autoinflammatory disease, characterized by the triad of arthritis, rash, and uveitis, which usually occurs in children…