Rituximab-Based Treatment, HCV Replication, and Hepatic Flares

Rituximab, a chimeric mouse-human monoclonal antibody directed to the CD20 antigen expressed on pre-B lymphocytes and mature lymphocytes, causes a profound B-cell depletion. Due to its peculiar characteristics, this drug has been used to treat oncohaematological diseases, B cell-related autoimmune d...

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Main Authors: Evangelista Sagnelli, Mariantonietta Pisaturo, Caterina Sagnelli, Nicola Coppola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Clinical and Developmental Immunology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/945950
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