Rituximab for refractory digital infarcts and ulcers in systemic sclerosis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1019-1020

  Khor, Chiew Gek ^b   Chen, Xena Lung Fang ^a   Lin, Ting Syuan ^a   Lu, Cheng Hsun ^a   Hsieh, Song Chou ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Rheumatology Unit Department of Internal Medicine Pulau Pinang General Hospital   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Digital ulcers; Infarcts; Rituximab; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PROSTACYCLIN; RITUXIMAB; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

FINGER ULCER; GANGRENE; HUMAN; INFARCTION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REFRACTORY DIGITAL INFARCT; REVIEW; SCLERODERMA; SCLEROSIS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE; ADULT; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FINGER; INFLAMMATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SKIN; SKIN ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FINGERS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SKIN; SKIN ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84903552181     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-014-2579-1     Document Type: Review

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