Rituximab for primary angiitis of the central nervous system: Report of 2 patients from the French COVAC cohort and review of the literature

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2102-2103

  De Boysson, Hubert ^a,b   Arquizan, Caroline ^c   Guillevin, Loic ^b   Pagnoux, Christian ^b,d  

^a CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Institut Cochin   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB;

ADULT; BALANCE DISORDER; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PARESTHESIA; PRIMARY ANGIITIS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84889065282     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.130529     Document Type: Letter

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