Real-world effectiveness of apremilast in multirefractory mucosal involvement of Behçet's disease

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Rheumatology Unit, University of Bari, Bari, Italy glopalco@hotmail.it.
² Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Rheumatology Unit, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
³ Rheumatology Institute of Lucania (IRel), Rheumatology Department of Lucania, San Carlo Hospital of Potenza and Madonna delle Grazie Hospital of Matera, Potenza, Italy.
⁴ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Firenze, Florence, Italy.
⁵ Research Centre of Systemic Autoinflammatory Diseases, Behçet's Disease Clinic and Rheumatology-Ophthalmology Collaborative Uveitis Centre, Department of Medical Sciences, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
⁶ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Firenze, Firenze, Italy.
⁷ Ophthalmology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
⁸ Institute of Pediatrics, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Italy.

^# Contributed equally.

Giuseppe Lopalco et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019 Dec.

. 2019 Dec;78(12):1736-1737.

doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-215437. Epub 2019 Aug 10.

¹ Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Rheumatology Unit, University of Bari, Bari, Italy glopalco@hotmail.it.
² Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Rheumatology Unit, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
³ Rheumatology Institute of Lucania (IRel), Rheumatology Department of Lucania, San Carlo Hospital of Potenza and Madonna delle Grazie Hospital of Matera, Potenza, Italy.
⁴ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Firenze, Florence, Italy.
⁵ Research Centre of Systemic Autoinflammatory Diseases, Behçet's Disease Clinic and Rheumatology-Ophthalmology Collaborative Uveitis Centre, Department of Medical Sciences, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
⁶ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Firenze, Firenze, Italy.
⁷ Ophthalmology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
⁸ Institute of Pediatrics, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Italy.

^# Contributed equally.

No abstract available

Keywords: Behçet’s disease; DMARDs; biologic; disease activity; inflammation; treatment.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.