Are there patients with pemphigus whom you plan to give additional doses of rituximab even if they are in complete remission at six months from their initial dose?   

It depends on what you consider "complete remission". Antibody levels and types, both before and after treatment, probably help predict relapse. Generally, we plan to give another rituximab dose at 6 months and reassess a few months ahead to see if any predictors of relapse are present, with a fairl...