The association between antinuclear antibody and response to rituximab treatment in adult patients with primary immune thrombocytopenia.
Conclusion: ITP patients with positive ANA test were likely to achieve a better initial response to rituximab treatment, while their long-term outcome was unfavorable. Therefore, ANA test could be useful for predicting rituximab response in ITP.
PMID: 32167032 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Hematology - Category: Hematology Tags: Hematology Source Type: research