Pediatric neuro-Behçet's disease responsive to adalimumab
Angela Byun Robinson1, William B Gallentine, C Egla Rabinovich
1Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA. rabin001@mc.duke.edu
Pediatric Neurology
|September 15, 2010
Abstract:
Neurologic manifestations of Behçet's disease (neuro-Behçet's disease) are uncommon, but may cause patients significant morbidity and mortality. Neuro-Behçet's disease is chronic and may be refractory to treatment. We report on a 12-year-old girl with neuro-Behçet's disease that responded to standard doses of subcutaneous adalimumab.

