Vasculitis syndromes: Rituximab as remission maintenance therapy

Nature Reviews Rheumatology 11, 2 (2015). doi:10.1038/nrrheum.2014.202 Induction therapy with cyclophosphamide and glucocorticoids results in remission in most patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis; however, many patients relapse on maintenance therapy with azathioprine or methotrexate. A study has now compared relapse rates in patients with vasculitis in complete remission (n
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