Научно-практическая ревматология (Feb 2012)

THE CLINICAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF ANTI-B-CELL THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

  • Elena Nikolayevna Aleksandrova,
  • A S Avdeyeva,
  • G V Lukina,
  • A A Novikov,
  • M V Cherkasova,
  • T V Popkova,
  • O G Lineva,
  • G Kh Kuzikyants,
  • E L Nasonov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.14412/1995-4484-2012-498
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 50, no. 1
pp. 14 – 21

Abstract

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Objective: to study the time course of changes in acute-phase parameters and in the levels of autoantibodies, B lymphocytes, immunoglobulin (Ig) classes G, M, and A in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) 2, 8, 16, and 24 weeks after initiation of therapy with rituximab (RTM).

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