Successful treatment of systemic and central nervous system lymphomatoid granulomatosis with Rituximab

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 777-780

  Zaidi, A ^a   Kampalath, B ^a   Peltier, W L ^a   Vesole, D H ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

CD 20; Lymphomatoid granulomatosis; Rituximab; T cell rich B cell lymphoma

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIBODY; RITUXIMAB; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG DISEASE; LYMPHOMATOID GRANULOMATOSIS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOMATOID GRANULOMATOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; REMISSION INDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1342266161     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10428190310001625854     Document Type: Article

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