Treatment-resistant severe, active Graves' ophthalmopathy successfully treated with B lymphocyte depletion

Thyroid. 2006 Jul;16(7):709-10. doi: 10.1089/thy.2006.16.709.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / pharmacology
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
  • Antithyroid Agents / pharmacology
  • Autoantibodies / pharmacology
  • B-Lymphocytes / metabolism*
  • Female
  • Glucocorticoids / metabolism
  • Graves Disease / pathology*
  • Graves Ophthalmopathy / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulins, Thyroid-Stimulating
  • Methimazole / pharmacology
  • Middle Aged
  • Recurrence
  • Remission Induction
  • Rituximab
  • Thyroid Diseases / therapy

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
  • Antithyroid Agents
  • Autoantibodies
  • Glucocorticoids
  • Immunoglobulins, Thyroid-Stimulating
  • thyrotropin-binding inhibitory immunoglobulin
  • Rituximab
  • Methimazole