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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-01-01
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Series: | Journal of the Formosan Medical Association |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092966461830860X |