Improvement in psoriasis during rituximab therapy for mixed cryoglobulinemia type II

Cutis

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 133-135

  Moberg, Philip ^a   Charles, Julia F ^a,b   Respicio, Guada ^a   Venna, Suraj S ^c   Rooney, Terence ^a,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RITUXIMAB;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CASE REPORT; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS;

EID: 78349285237     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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