Abstracts tagged "polymyositis and rituximab"

Abstract Number: 2169 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
A Two-Center Experience with Rituximab in Patients with Primary Idiopathic Myositis and Overlap Myositis: A Retrospective Observational Study
Kimberly A. Rehberg¹, Morgan M. Brown², Anna K. Shmagel¹, Elie Gertner³ and Jerry A. Molitor¹, ¹Rheumatic & Autoimmune Diseases, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²HealthPartners Institute, St. Paul, MN, ³Section of Rheumatology, Regions Hospital, St. Paul, MN
Background/Purpose: Recent studies have suggested the possible benefit of the anti-CD20 agent Rituximab (RTX) in autoimmune myositis (AIM). As AIM is a rare and heterogeneous…