Rituximab for chronic periaortitis without evidence of IgG4-related disease: a long-term follow-up study of 20 patients

Ann Rheum Dis. 2020 Mar;79(3):433-434. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-216258. Epub 2019 Nov 19.

¹ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy.
² Nephrology, Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy, Italy.
³ Nephrology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
⁴ Nephrology, University of Turin, Torino, Italy.
⁵ Pediatrics, National Institutes of Health/NIAMS, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
⁶ Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Ospedale Pediatrico Meyer, Firenze, Italy.
⁷ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy.
⁸ Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
⁹ Biomedical Experimental and Clinical Sciences, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy [email protected].

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Keywords: B cells; autoimmune diseases; systemic vasculitis; treatment.

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