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Rafael Cantisán-Campillos1, Marcos García-Jambrina2, Estrella Martínez-Bermúdez2
1Cardiología, Hospital San Pedro de Alcántara, España.
Abstract:
Adalimumab is a recombinant human monoclonal antibody that inhibits tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha). It has become an important drug in the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), which do not respond to initial medical treatment. The case of a patient with ulcerative proctitis is presented, who developed acute pleuropericarditis, after starting treatment with adalimumab.
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