Rituximab in the treatment of refractory adult and juvenile dermatomyositis and adult polymyositis: A randomized, placebo-phase trial

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 314-324

  Oddis, Chester V ^a   Reed, Ann M ^b   Aggarwal, Rohit ^a   Rider, Lisa G ^c   Ascherman, Dana P ^d   Levesque, Marc C ^a   Barohn, Richard J ^e   Feldman, Brian M ^f   Harris Love, Michael O ^g   Koontz, Diane C ^a   Fertig, Noreen ^a   Kelley, Stephanie S ^a   Pryber, Sherrie L ^h   Miller, Frederick W ^c   Rockette, Howard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BRONCHOSPASM; CELLULITIS; CHILL; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; EAR INFECTION; EARLY INTERVENTION; EYE INFECTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; JUVENILE DERMATOMYOSITIS; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SWEATING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERTIGO; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; CHILD; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLACEBOS; POLYMYOSITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873878655     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.37754     Document Type: Article

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