Rituximab is a therapeutical option for juvenile microscopic polyangiitis
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Introduction Microscopic polyangitiis is characterized by anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) and small vessel vasculitis. The diseases usually respond to cyclophosphamide (Cyc) but some patients are therapy resistant. Rituximab (RIT) is a chimeric antibody to CD20 causing lysis of B-lymphocytes and used for treatment of lymphomas. RIT has also been successfully used in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), idiopathic thromobocytopaenic purpura, autoimmune haemolytic anaemia, cold agglutinin disease, systemic lupus erythematosus and vasculitides.
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