Granulomatosis polyangiitis associated with meningeal involvement: response to rituximab therapy after failure of cyclophosphamide
Wegener’s granulomatosis or granulomatosis polyangiitis associated (GPA) is a granulomatous inflammation of the upper and lower respiratory tracts associated with necrotising vasculitis of small and medium-sized blood vessels and, frequently, necrotising glomerulonephritis. We describe the case of a...
Main Authors: | M. Benucci, F. Li Gobbi, P. Panconesi, M. Manfredi, P. Sarzi-Puttini, F. Atzeni |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2013-05-01
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Series: | Reumatismo |
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Online Access: | http://www.reumatismo.org/index.php/reuma/article/view/645 |
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