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Table 5 Review of reported cases with juvenile Behçet’s disease who received anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha therapy in the literature

From: Clinical manifestations and anti-TNF alpha therapy of juvenile Behçet’s disease in Taiwan

Case

Sex

Age at diagnosis

Age at aTNF

aTNF

Major organ involvement

Efficacy

Side effect

Reference

1

Female

13

15

IFX

Intestinal lesion

(+)

None

Saulsbury et al. (2003), USA [14]

2

Male

nr

12

IFX

Budd-Chiari syndrome

(−)

None

Seyahi et al. (2007), Turkey [38]

3

Male

15

15

IFX

Budd-Chiari syndrome

(−)

None

4

Female

13

15

IFX

Ocular lesion

(+)

None

Evereklioglu et al. (2007), Turkey [37]

5

Female

10

11

ETN

Ocular lesion

(+)

Fever

Cantarini et al. (2009), Italy [36]

6

Female

9

13

ETN

Cutaneous lesion

(+)

Bacterial endocarditis

7

Male

12

14

ETN

Cutaneous lesion

(+)

None

8

Female

11

13

ETN

Cutaneous lesion

(+)

Fatigue

9

Male

8

18

IFX

Intestinal lesion

(+)

None

Kaneko et al. (2010), Japan [15]

10

Female

4

9

ETN

Cutaneous lesion

(+)

None

11

Female

10

12

ADA

Central nervous system

(+)

None

Robinson et al. (2010), USA [35]

12

Female

5

5

IFX

Intestinal lesion

nra

Infusion reaction

Watanabe et al. (2013), Japan [16]

ETN

(+)

None

  1. aTNF anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha therapy, ETN Etanercept, ADA Adalimumab, IFX Infliximab, nr not reported
  2. a IFX in this case was discontinued due to drug infusion reaction