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Letter
Infliximab as a treatment for systemic amyloidosis associated with Crohn’s disease
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Systemic AA amyloidosis is a serious and potentially fatal complication of Crohn’s disease.1 This serious complication is associated with approximately 0.9–2.5% of patients with Crohn’s disease but renal failure due to renal amyloidosis is one of the most common causes of death for patients with Crohn’s disease.2 Although drugs such as azathioprine, colchicines, and dimethylsulphoxide are suggested to delay the progression of renal amyloidosis, the efficacy of these drugs on renal amyloidosis has not been fully elucidated.2 Infliximab is a chimeric anti-tumour necrosis factor α (TNF-α) monoclonal antibody. This drug has been proven …
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Conflict of interest: None declared.