An uncontrolled trial of rituximab for antibody associated paraneoplastic neurological syndromes
An uncontrolled trial of rituximab for antibody associated paraneoplastic neurological syndromes
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DOI:
10.1007/s00415-005-0882-0
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发表时间:
2006-01-01
影响因子:
6
通讯作者:
Smitt, PS
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作者:
Shams'ili, S;de Beukelaar, J;Smitt, PS
Anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody (rituximab) is effectively used in the treatment of B-cell lymphomas. Recent reports in the literature suggest that antibody associated autoimmune disorders may respond to rituximab. We therefore treated nine patients with anti-Hu or anti-Yo associated paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS) with a maximum of four monthly IV infusions of rituximab (375mg/m(2)). In this uncontrolled, unblinded trial of rituximab, three patients improved >= 1 point on the Rankin Scale (RS). One patient with limbic encephalitis improved dramatically (RS from 5 to 1). Further studies of rituximab in autoantibody associated PNS are warranted.