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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?

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Dermatology · Duke Health
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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...

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