Tocilizumab-induced exacerbation of mucosal ulcers in a patient with multi-refractory Behçet׳s disease

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¹ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Department of SOD Interdisciplinary Internal Medicine, Center for Autoimmune Systemic Diseases, Behçet Center and Lupus Clinic, AOU Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: giacomaci@yahoo.it.
² Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Department of SOD Interdisciplinary Internal Medicine, Center for Autoimmune Systemic Diseases, Behçet Center and Lupus Clinic, AOU Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy.
³ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
⁴ University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
⁵ Department of Medical Sciences, Surgery, and Neurosciences, Research Center of Systemic Autoinflammatory Diseases and Behçet׳s Disease Clinic, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.

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Giacomo Emmi et al. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2016 Aug.

. 2016 Aug;46(1):e1-2.

doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2016.03.006. Epub 2016 Mar 16.

¹ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Department of SOD Interdisciplinary Internal Medicine, Center for Autoimmune Systemic Diseases, Behçet Center and Lupus Clinic, AOU Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: giacomaci@yahoo.it.
² Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Department of SOD Interdisciplinary Internal Medicine, Center for Autoimmune Systemic Diseases, Behçet Center and Lupus Clinic, AOU Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy.
³ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
⁴ University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
⁵ Department of Medical Sciences, Surgery, and Neurosciences, Research Center of Systemic Autoinflammatory Diseases and Behçet׳s Disease Clinic, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.

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