## Background: Cyclophosphamide and glucocorticoids have been the cornerstone of remission-induction therapy for severe antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (anca)-associated vasculitis for 40 years. uncontrolled studies suggest that rituximab is effective and may be safer than a cyclophosphamide-ba
Rituximab versus Cyclophosphamide for ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
โ Scribed by Stone, John H.; Merkel, Peter A.; Spiera, Robert; Seo, Philip; Langford, Carol A.; Hoffman, Gary S.; Kallenberg, Cees G.M.; St. Clair, E. William; Turkiewicz, Anthony; Tchao, Nadia K.; Webber, Lisa; Ding, Linna; Sejismundo, Lourdes P.; Mieras, Kathleen; Weitzenkamp, David; Ikle, David; Seyfert-Margolis, Vicki; Mueller, Mark; Brunetta, Paul; Allen, Nancy B.; Fervenza, Fernando C.; Geetha, Duvuru; Keogh, Karina A.; Kissin, Eugene Y.; Monach, Paul A.; Peikert, Tobias; Stegeman, Coen; Ytterberg, Steven R.; Specks, Ulrich
- Book ID
- 121402608
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 424 KB
- Volume
- 363
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0096-6762
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