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Development of severe thrombocytopenia with TAFRO syndrome-like features in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis treated with a Janus kinase inhibitor: A case report.

Keiichiro KadobaDaisuke WakiKeisuke NishimuraHiroki MukoyamaRintaro SaitoHiroyuki MurabeToshihiko Yokota
Published in: Medicine (2020)
TAFRO syndrome-like features can develop during treatment with a JAK inhibitor for rheumatoid arthritis. Patients with autoimmune diseases complicated by TAFRO syndrome-like features can follow a fatal clinical course, and thus, an intensive combined treatment is warranted for such patients, especially in cases refractory to glucocorticoid.
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