A small group of patients with severe Graves' eye disease experienced rapid improvement of their symptoms -- and improved vision -- following treatment with the drug rituximab. Inflammation around their eyes and damage to the... [read full story]
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Submitted by Ramona Bates MD on Nov 8th, 2009 There may be hope for patients with severe Graves’ eye disease in the form of treatment with the drug rituximab. This news comes from U-M Kellogg Eye Center who’s oculoplastics...
A small group of patients with severe Graves' eye disease experienced rapid improvement of their symptoms and improved vision following treatment with the drug rituximab. Inflammation around their eyes and damage to the optic...
A drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis has been found effective in reducing inflammation in patients with Graves” eye disease after steroids failed. Graves” eye disease is an autoimmune disease that causes inflammation and...
A small group of patients with severe Graves' eye disease experienced rapid improvement of their symptoms - and improved vision - following treatment with the drug rituximab. Inflammation around their eyes and damage to the...
A small group of patients with severe Graves' eye disease experienced rapid improvement of their symptoms--and improved vision--following treatment with the drug rituximab. Inflammation around their eyes and damage to the optic...
Ann Arbor, Mich. A small group of patients with severe Graves' eye disease experienced rapid improvement of their symptoms and improved vision following treatment with the drug rituximab. Inflammation around their eyes and...
Rituximab is a chimeric monoclonal antibody that has been used against the protein CD20. Raymond S Douglas MD PhD, from the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center has said: “Treatment of the inflammatory component of Graves’...
EUREKALERT Contact: Betsy Nisbet bsnisbet@umich.edu University of Michigan Health System Study shows that rituximab, used for other autoimmune disease, is effective after steroids fail Ann Arbor, Mich. A small group of patients...
A small group of patients with severe Graves' eye disease experienced rapid improvement of their symptoms - and improved vision - following treatment with the drug rituximab. Inflammation around their eyes and damage to the...
Study shows that rituximab, used for other autoimmune disease, is effective after steroids failA small group of patients with severe Graves' eye disease experienced rapid improvement of their symptoms — and improved vision —...
