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Successful outcomes with rituximab therapy for refractory childhood systemic lupus erythematosus

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  1. Department of Paediatric Nephrology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3JH, UK

    Stephen D. Marks & Kjell Tullus

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Marks, S.D., Tullus, K. Successful outcomes with rituximab therapy for refractory childhood systemic lupus erythematosus. Pediatr Nephrol 21, 598–599 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-006-0024-7

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