cqvip:This case report is about the novel use of the anti- CD20 antibody, rituxima b, in the treatment of a 41 year old woman with stiff person syndrome. She was a dmitted to hospital as an emergency with prolonged and painful extensor spasms a ffecting the neck and back, arms, and legs. The disease had progressed despite a favourable initial response to conventional treatment with intravenous immunogl obulin and cytotoxics. Treatment with rituximab induced a lasting clinical remis sion.
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