Myasthenia gravis after etanercept and ustekinumab treatment for psoriatic arthritis: a case report

G Nicocia, C Bonanno, A Lupica, A Toscano… - Neuromuscular …, 2020 - Elsevier
A 35-year-old man was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis treated with methotrexate and
cyclosporine, the latter was then interrupted. Subsequently, etanercept was introduced …

Comment on myasthenia gravis associated with TNF-alpha receptor blockers: A multifaceted issue.

G Galassi, A Ariatti, L Codeluppi, S Meletti - Muscle & nerve, 2010 - iris.unimore.it
Fee and Kasarskis12 described a 66-yearold-diabetic man who developed facial weakness
and bulbar signs after 6 years of etanercept therapy for rheumatoid arthritis. The patient had …

Myasthenia gravis onset during rheumatic disease: a new paradoxical effect of anti-TNF alpha therapy?

V Bruzzese, C Marrese, P Scolieri… - International …, 2015 - search.ebscohost.com
The article presents a case study of a 51-year old male patient, with diabetes and
hypertension, diagnosed with psoriasis at 40 years and psoriatic arthritis 6 years later. The …

Etanercept-induced myositis: do we have to stop it? A surprising outcome

H Tariq, B Ayesha, K Weidenheim, G Franchin - Case Reports, 2016 - casereports.bmj.com
We discuss a case of a 47-year-old man who presented with progressive proximal muscle
weakness of the upper and lower extremities and unstable gait. He had been on etanercept …

Adalimumab-induced myasthenia gravis: case-based review

E Pelechas, T Memi, TE Markatseli, PV Voulgari… - Rheumatology …, 2020 - Springer
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease characterised by the presence of
acetylcholine receptor antibodies and by blocking the transmission of the signal in the …

Etanercept-associated myelitis

C Finke, W Schmidt, E Siebert… - Oxford Medical Case …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Etanercept is an inhibitor of the pro-inflammatory and immunoregulatory cytokine tumor
necrosis factor-α (TNFα). It has been proved highly effective in the treatment of rheumatoid …

Myasthenia gravis associated with etanercept therapy

DB Fee, EJ Kasarskis - Muscle & Nerve: Official Journal of the …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Etanercept is an antagonist of tumor necrosis factor alpha that was developed to treat
rheumatoid arthritis. In this report we present a patient who developed myasthenia gravis …

A case of multifocal motor neuropathy after initiation of ixekizumab for psoriatic arthopathy

MC McKenna, M Marnane, BJ Sheane… - Rheumatology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
DEAR EDITOR, Ixekizumab is an anti-IL-17A monoclonal antibody that was first licensed as
a disease modifying treatment for active psoriatic arthritis by the European Medicines …

Ustekinumab for resistant psoriatic arthritis

DEJ Wallis, NM Waldron, E Korendowych - The Journal of …, 2013 - jrheum.org
Ustekinumab is a human monoclonal antibody that targets the p40 subunit of both
interleukin 12 (IL-12) and IL-23 and inhibits their activity. IL-12 and IL-23 have a key role in …

Paradoxical psoriatic arthritis in a patient with psoriasis treated with ustekinumab

A Čarija, I Ivić, D Marasović-Krstulović… - …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
SIR, Psoriasis and PsA share common pathophysiological mechanisms. The mutual role of
Th17 cells is supported by the therapeutic efficacy of ustekinumab, an IL-12/23 mAb, in PsO …