Rituximab restored the muscle power and rescued from a refractory fatal respiratory failure in a patient with elderly-onset polymyositis

Joint Bone Spine. 2012 Jan;79(1):101-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2011.06.006. Epub 2011 Aug 12.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived / therapeutic use*
  • Creatine Kinase / blood
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunologic Factors / therapeutic use*
  • Muscle Strength / drug effects*
  • Polymyositis / blood
  • Polymyositis / drug therapy*
  • Polymyositis / pathology
  • Recovery of Function
  • Remission Induction
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / blood
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / drug therapy*
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / pathology
  • Rituximab

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
  • Immunologic Factors
  • Rituximab
  • Creatine Kinase