The use of monoclonal antibody (Rituximab) in the treatment of type II mixed cryoglobulinemia

Anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody has been successfully used to treat several self-immune diseases. The authors report the case of a 71 year-old female patient under the use of pegylated form of interferon á associated with ribavirin for the treatment of hepatitis C, who, after concluding the therapeuti...

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Main Authors: Thiago Carlos Gonçalves Rego, Celso Mitsushi Massumoto, Rodrigo Siqueira Batista, Larissa Hanauer de Moura, Lygia Maria Costa Soares, Andréia Patrícia Gomes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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