Rituximab in the treatment of refractory lupus nephritis with vasculitis

Dysfunction of the B lymphocyte, an important component of adaptive immunity, is thought to be important in the pathogenesis of lupus nephritis (LN). There are several novel strategies emerging including B-cell depletion by the monoclonal antibodies to B-cell markers, rituximab. We describe an unusu...

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Main Authors: Huseyin Kadikoy, Waqar Haque, Salman Ahmed, Abdul Abdellatif
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Online Access:http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2012;volume=23;issue=2;spage=334;epage=337;aulast=Kadikoy

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