Rituximab and three dexamethasone cycles provide responses similar to splenectomy in women and those with immune thrombocytopenia of less than two years duration

Adults with newly diagnosed or persistent immunothrombocytopenia frequently relapse upon tapering steroids; adults and children with chronic disease have an even lower likelihood of lasting response. In adults with newly-diagnosed immunothrombocytopenia, two studies showed that dexamethasone 40 mg/d...

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Main Authors: Bussel, James B., Lee, Christina S., Seery, Caroline, Imahiyerobo, Allison A., Thompson, Michaela V., Catellier, Diane, Turenne, Ithamar G., Patel, Vivek L., Basciano, Paul A., Elstrom, Rebecca L., Ghanima, Waleed
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Language:Inglês
Published: Ferrata Storti Foundation 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4077090/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24747949
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2013.103291
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