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Rituximab for Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis With Wegener Granulomatosis

Valentín Huerva, María Carmen Valdivieso Sánchez, Alícia Traveset, Carmen Jurjo

Cornea · 2010 · 42 citations · 5 references

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Abstract

Rituximab seems to offer therapeutic promise in the treatment of refractory PUK associated with WG. Rituximab may be the elective treatment for severe anterior ocular inflammation associated with risk for corneal perforation, as a result of WG.

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Nine patients with anti‐neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody‐positive vasculitis successfully treated with rituximab

Per Eriksson · Journal of Internal Medicine · 2005 · 231 citations · Full text

Effective therapeutic use of rituximab in refractory Wegener's granulomatosis

A. J. Ferraro, C Day, Mark T. Drayson et al. · Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation · 2005 · 96 citations · Full text

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The Unique Antigen Receptor Signaling Phenotype of B-1 Cells Is Influenced by Locale but Induced by Antigen

Michael J. Chumley, Joseph M. Dal Porto, John C. Cambier · The Journal of Immunology · 2002 · 62 citations

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Rituximab for Remission Induction in a Patient with Relapsing Necrotizing Scleritis Associated with Limited Wegener's Granulomatosis

Sumru Önal, Haluk Kazokoğlu, Aylin Koç et al. · Ocular Immunology and Inflammation · 2008 · 62 citations

The Ocular Manifestations of Lethal Midline Granuloma

William M. Cutler, Irving M. Blatt · American Journal of Ophthalmology · 1956 · 42 citations