NDT Advance Access originally published online on November 9, 2006
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2007 22(1):291-293; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl501
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Anti-CD20 antibody treatment in refractory Class IV lupus nephritis
Email: doctorrobertcarroll@yahoo.com
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Sir,
Selected cases of class IV lupus nephritis patients have been treated with rituximab monotherapy [1,2] and in combination with cyclophosphamide [3]. Data on refractory patients who have failed multiple therapies are limited [4]. We have successfully treated four patients with rituximab, who have failed multiple conventional immunosuppressive regimens, including cyclophosphamide,
Patient 1
Patient 2
Patient 3
Patient 4
Monash Medical Centre
Nephrology
Melbourne
Victoria
Australia
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