Immunotherapy of systemic sclerosis.

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Published in Immunotherapy on November 01, 2010

Authors

Rebecca Manno1, Francesco Boin

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Efficacy and Safety Study of p144 to Treat Skin Fibrosis in Systemic Sclerosis | NCT00574613

Study of Epratuzumab in Serologically-positive Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Patients With Active Disease | NCT00624351

A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Abatacept in Patients With Diffuse Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma) | NCT00442611

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