B cell depletion may lead to normalization of anti-platelet, anti-erythrocyte and antiphospholipid antibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus

Thromb Haemost. 2004 Nov;92(5):1150-3.

Authors

Paolo Tomietto¹, Elisa Gremese, Barbara Tolusso, Paolo Venturini, Salvatore De Vita, Gianfranco Ferraccioli

Affiliation

¹ Division of Rheumatology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart Rome-UCSC, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 15543346

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Anemia / etiology
Antibodies, Antiphospholipid / blood
Antibodies, Monoclonal / therapeutic use*
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
Autoantibodies / blood*
Autoantibodies / drug effects
B-Lymphocytes
Blood Platelets / immunology
Central Nervous System Diseases / etiology
Erythrocytes / immunology
Female
Humans
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / complications
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / immunology
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / therapy*
Lymphocyte Depletion / methods*
Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / etiology
Remission Induction / methods
Rituximab

Substances

Antibodies, Antiphospholipid
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
Autoantibodies
Rituximab