Rituximab and pemphigus - A therapeutic advance

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 357, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 605-607

  Diaz, Luis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; ANTIBODY; DESMOGLEIN; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; EDITORIAL; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PEMPHIGUS; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STEROID THERAPY; VIRUS INFECTION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNOLOGY; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; B-LYMPHOCYTES; DESMOGLEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; PEMPHIGUS;

EID: 34547751352     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe078122     Document Type: Editorial

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