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First-line rituximab combined with short-term prednisone versus prednisone alone for the treatment o...

First-line rituximab combined with short-term prednisone versus prednisone alone for the treatment o...

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First-line rituximab combined with short-term prednisone versus prednisone alone for the treatment of pemphigus (Ritux 3): a prospective, multicentre, parallel-group, open-label randomised trial

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England: Elsevier Ltd

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Summary Background High doses of corticosteroids are considered the standard treatment for pemphigus. Because long-term corticosteroid treatment can cause severe and even life-threatening side-effects in patients with this disease, we assessed whether first-line use of rituximab as adjuvant therapy could improve the proportion of patients achieving...

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First-line rituximab combined with short-term prednisone versus prednisone alone for the treatment of pemphigus (Ritux 3): a prospective, multicentre, parallel-group, open-label randomised trial

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TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_hal_01540071v1

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_hal_01540071v1

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0140-6736

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1474-547X

DOI

10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30070-3

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