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- Title
First-line Combination Therapy with Rituximab and Corticosteroids is Effective and Safe for Pemphigus.
- Authors
Yung-Tsu Cho; Fang-Yu Lee; Chia-Yu Chu; Li-Fang Wang
- Abstract
The article describes case studies regarding the successful use of rituximab and corticosteroids as first-line combination therapy for the autoimmune disease pemphigus. Topics discussed include acceptable side effects of rituximab, morbidities and mortalities associated with long-term use of corticosteroids, and disease severity among pemphigus foliaceus and pemphigus vulgaris patients. Also mentioned are a low relapse rate and better outcomes of using rituximab early in the disease's course.
- Subjects
RITUXIMAB; CORTICOSTEROIDS; HORMONE therapy; PEMPHIGUS treatment; DRUG efficacy; COMBINATION drug therapy
- Publication
Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2014, Vol 94, Issue 4, p472
- ISSN
0001-5555
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.2340/00015555-1746