Treatment of multiple sclerosis with oral cladribine: results of clinical trials
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Cladribine in the treatment of multiple sclerosis
ISSN 2041-6792 10.4155/CLI.10.32 © 2011 Future Science Ltd Treatment with cladribine leads to a preferential and sustained reduction in lymphocytes and monocytes, resulting in long-lasting depletion of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. In the Phase III placebo-controlled trial in relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (the CLARITY study), oral cladribine at 96 weeks significantly reduced annual relapse ra...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurologie pro praxi
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1213-1814,1803-5280
DOI: 10.36290/neu.2017.123