@article{ab915b249e16465aa9a34378cb2ca8d1,
title = "Intraorbital injection of rituximab: a new approach for active thyroid-associated orbitopathy, a prospective case series",
abstract = "The aim of this paper was to examine the efficacy and the safety of intraorbital administration of the monoclonal anti-CD20 antibody rituximab (RTX) to treat patients affected by thyroid-associated orbitopathy (TAO) unresponsive to conventional therapy.",
keywords = "Adult, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived, Antigens, CD20, Eye Diseases, Female, Graves Ophthalmopathy, Humans, Injections, Lymphocyte Count, Male, Middle Aged, Orbit, Prospective Studies, Thyroid Diseases, Thyroid Function Tests, Treatment Outcome, Adult, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived, Antigens, CD20, Eye Diseases, Female, Graves Ophthalmopathy, Humans, Injections, Lymphocyte Count, Male, Middle Aged, Orbit, Prospective Studies, Thyroid Diseases, Thyroid Function Tests, Treatment Outcome",
author = "Gustavo Savino and Laura Balia and Daniela Colucci and Remo Battendieri and Mariangela Gari and Corsello, {Salvatore Maria} and Alfredo Pontecorvi and {Dickmann Rossi}, Anna",
year = "2013",
language = "English",
volume = "38",
pages = "173--179",
journal = "Minerva Endocrinologica",
issn = "0391-1977",
publisher = "Edizioni Minerva Medica:Corso Bramante 83-85, 10126 Turin Italy:011 39 011 678282318, EMAIL:
[email protected], INTERNET: http://www.minervamedica.it, Fax: 011 39 011 674502",
}