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

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Published in Ann Rheum Dis on March 06, 2011

Authors

Maya H Buch1, Josef S Smolen, Neil Betteridge, Ferdinand C Breedveld, Gerd Burmester, Thomas Dörner, Gianfranco Ferraccioli, Jacques-Eric Gottenberg, John Isaacs, Tore K Kvien, Xavier Mariette, Emilio Martin-Mola, Karel Pavelka, Paul P Tak, Desiree van der Heijde, Ronald F van Vollenhoven, Paul Emery, Rituximab Consensus Expert Committee

Author Affiliations

1: Section of Musculoskeletal Diseases, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.

Associated clinical trials:

Low-dose Glucocorticoid Vasculitis Induction Study (LoVAS) | NCT02198248

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