PHARMACOTHERAPY FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS IN THE 21st CENTURY: FOCUS ON RITUXIMAB

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is one of the most common and severe chronic inflammatory diseases. The paper reviews the recent studies evaluating the efficacy of rituximab (MabThera®), chimeric anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies in B cells, in patients with RA. It has been shown that Rituximab is an extrem...

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Main Author: Evgeni Lvovich Nasonov
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: IMA-PRESS LLC 2009-12-01
Series:Современная ревматология
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Online Access:https://mrj.ima-press.net/mrj/article/view/261