New therapy for vasculitis will help patients avoid infertility and cancer

Sunday, October 18, 2009 - 06:49 in Health & Medicine

Researchers have identified that Rituxan, a drug previously approved for the treatment of non-Hodgkin's B cell lymphoma and rheumatoid arthritis, can treat severe ANCA-associated vasculitis as effectively as cyclophosphamide, the current standard therapy. The news will be presented 18 October at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology in Philadelphia...

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