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Rheumatology (Oxford)
December 2024
Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Objectives: Rituximab is emerging as a promising therapeutic option for systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD). However, little is known about factors that predict the efficacy of rituximab in SSc-ILD.
Methods: A post-hoc analysis was performed on prospective data from 48 patients with SSc-ILD in the double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled DESIRES trial.
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