Maintenance therapy with azathioprine prolonged duration of remission for pemphigus patients who received rituximab as first-line or add-on therapy

Background/purpose: Rituximab is effective in treating pemphigus both as the first-line treatment and as an add-on treatment for refractory disease. A high rate of relapse among patients receiving rituximab means that maintenance therapy is frequently required. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the us...

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Main Authors: Yung-Tsu Cho, Yu-Ming Huang, Li-Fang Wang, Chia-Yu Chu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092966461830860X