Concomitant cyclophosphamide and oral immunosuppressants with rituximab for systemic lupus erythematosus
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Concomitant cyclophosphamide and oral immunosuppressants with rituximab for systemic lupus erythematosus.
SIR, Turner-Stokes et al. [1] recently published their experience using repeat cycles of rituximab in SLE. We welcome this addition to the evidence base for rituximab. We recently published our experience using rituximab in SLE in 41 patients [2]. In general, we agree with the observations of the University College London (UCL) group in terms of response rates and time to relapse. However, ther...
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عنوان ژورنال: Rheumatology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1462-0324,1462-0332
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kes042