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Review
. 2006 Jan-Feb;97(1):48-51.
doi: 10.1016/s0001-7310(06)73348-8.

[Treatment of severe refractory pemphigus vulgaris with rituximab]

[Article in Spanish]
Gerard Pitarch  1 , José L Sánchez-Carazo, José Pardo, Arantxa Torrijos, Elena Roche, José M Fortea
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[Treatment of severe refractory pemphigus vulgaris with rituximab]

[Article in Spanish]
Gerard Pitarch et al. Actas Dermosifiliogr. 2006 Jan-Feb.
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Abstract

Pemphigus vulgaris is a potentially fatal autoimmune bullous disease. High doses of immunosuppressive drugs are used in managing severe cases of pemphigus. Rituximab, an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, has proven to be effective in patients with refractory pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus foliaceus. We review cases of pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus foliaceus not associated with lymphoma that were treated with rituximab, and we report a new case of severe refractory pemphigus vulgaris successfully treated with rituximab.

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  • [Pemphigus vulgaris treated with rituximab].
    Domínguez-Fernández I, Pérez-Gala S, Goiriz R, Sánchez-Pérez J, Fernández-Herrera J. Domínguez-Fernández I, et al. Actas Dermosifiliogr. 2006 Apr;97(3):221-2. doi: 10.1016/s0001-7310(06)73387-7. Actas Dermosifiliogr. 2006. PMID: 16796975 Spanish. No abstract available.

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