| Literature DB >> 21533869 |
Guido Filler1, Shih-Han Susan Huang, Ajay P Sharma.
Abstract
The management of steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome, especially in patients who have failed to respond to cytotoxic drugs, such as cyclophosphamide, remains challenging. Rituximab represents a new (off-label) therapeutic option. In a significant portion of patients, it has a short serum half-life following the recovery of CD20-positive cells. The addition of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) as a maintenance therapy is also an attractive option, but one which requires testing in a prospective randomized clinical trial with therapeutic drug monitoring and mechanistic ancillary studies.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21533869 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-011-1894-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pediatr Nephrol ISSN: 0931-041X Impact factor: 3.714