Consensus statement on the use of rituximab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

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Published in Ann Rheum Dis on October 26, 2006

Authors

J S Smolen1, E C Keystone, P Emery, F C Breedveld, N Betteridge, G R Burmester, M Dougados, G Ferraccioli, U Jaeger, L Klareskog, T K Kvien, E Martin-Mola, K Pavelka, Working Group on the Rituximab Consensus Statement

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Rheumatology, Third Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. josef.smolen@wienkav.at

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