Consensus statement on the use of rituximab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

J S Smolen; E C Keystone; P Emery; F C Breedveld; N Betteridge; G R Burmester; M Dougados; G Ferraccioli; U Jaeger; L Klareskog; T K Kvien; E Martin-Mola; K Pavelka

doi:10.1136/ard.2006.061002

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Consensus statement on the use of rituximab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

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J S Smolen Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna; Second Department of Medicine, Hietzing Hospital Vienna, Vienna, Austria PubMed articles Google scholar articles
E C Keystone Rebecca MacDonald Centre for Arthritis and Autoimmunity, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
P Emery Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
F C Breedveld Arthritis Care, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
N Betteridge Leiden University Medical School, Leiden, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
G R Burmester Department of Rheumatology, Charité Hospital, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
M Dougados Department of Rheumatology, Hopital Cochin, René Descartes University, Paris, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
G Ferraccioli Division of Rheumatology, Institute of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
U Jaeger Division of Haematology, First Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria PubMed articles Google scholar articles
L Klareskog Department of Rheumatology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
T K Kvien Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles
E Martin-Mola Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain PubMed articles Google scholar articles
K Pavelka Institute and Clinic of Rheumatology, Charles University Prague, Prague, Czech Republic PubMed articles Google scholar articles
The Working Group on the Rituximab Consensus Statement
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Professor J S Smolen
Department of Rheumatology, Third Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria; josef.smolen{at}wienkav.at

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Smolen JS, Keystone EC, Emery P The Working Group on the Rituximab Consensus Statement, et al

Consensus statement on the use of rituximab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2007;66:143-150.

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Accepted October 9, 2006
First published October 26, 2006.

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January 22, 2007

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