Identifier |
20140304_nanos_posters_210 |
Title |
Safety and effect of rituximab treatment in pediatric demyelinating disease |
Creator |
Shannon J. Beres; Jennifer Graves; Emmanuelle L. Waubant |
Affiliation |
(SJB) University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA |
Subject |
Rituximab; B-cell Therapy; Pediatric Neuromyelitis Optica; Demyelinating Disease; Optic Neuritis; Multiple Sclerosis |
Description |
Rituximab is a B-cell therapy that reduces relapse rate in adult demyelinating diseases, but there is limited knowledge of clinical treatment experience in pediatric neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and multiple sclerosis (MS). Demyelinating diseases in children can have high morbidity, especially in children with NMO with optic neuritis causing rapid progression to blindness and incomplete or no recovery from steroids, plasmapheresis and intravenous immunoglobulin therapy. Our study investigates the safety and effect of rituximab in children with NMO and MS. |
Date |
2014-03-04 |
Language |
eng |
Format |
application/pdf |
Type |
Text |
Source |
2014 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting |
Relation is Part of |
NANOS 2014: Poster Presentations |
Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/ |
Publisher |
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society |
Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
Rights Management |
Copyright 2013. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6sv0wkn |
Context URL |
The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/ |
Setname |
ehsl_novel_nam |
ID |
183947 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sv0wkn |