Rituximab treatment for chronic steroid-dependent Henoch-Schonlein purpura: 8 cases and a review of the literature.

Courtney B CrayneEsraa EloseilyMelissa L MannionSaji P AzerfPeter WeiserTimothy BeukelmanMatthew L StollDaniel I FeigT Prescott AtkinsonRandy Quentin Cron

Published in: Pediatric rheumatology online journal (2018)

Overall, RTX effectively reduced the number of hospital admissions and oral CS burden. RTX also helped most all children achieve clinical remission. RTX appears to be an effective and safe alternative for chronic CS dependent and immunomodulatory refractory childhood HSP.

Keyphrases

diffuse large b cell lymphoma
heat shock protein
heat stress
heat shock
risk factors
rheumatoid arthritis
combination therapy
oxidative stress
ulcerative colitis
early life
smoking cessation