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Mercadé-Besora N, Guo Y, Du M, Li X, Ramírez-Anguita JM, Moreno A, Valente A, Villalobos F, Cheng IL, Carrasco-Ribelles LA, van Swieten MM, Merkelbach M, Magoya M, Lasalvia P, Pericàs Pulido P, Berg P, Bosco-Lévy P, Lillini R, Ribeiro R, Bagga TK, Ramella V, Khalid S, Mayer MA, Leis A, Jödicke AM, Burn E, Prieto-Alhambra D, Català M, Prats-Uribe A. Incident use of hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus during the COVID-19 pandemic. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2024. [PMID: 38523562 DOI: 10.1002/acr.25331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2023] [Revised: 02/23/2024] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 03/26/2024]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE We studied whether the use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) for COVID-19 resulted in supply shortages for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS We used US claims data (IQVIA PHARMETRICS® Plus for Academics [PHARMETRICS]) and hospital electronic records from Spain (IMASIS) to estimate monthly rates of HCQ use between January 2019 and March 2022, in the general population, and in RA and SLE patients. Methotrexate (MTX) was use was estimated as a control. RESULTS Over 13.5 million individuals (13,311,811 PHARMETRICS, 207,646 IMASIS) were included in the general population cohort. RA and SLE cohorts enrolled 135,259 and 39,295 patients respectively, in PHARMETRICS. Incidence of MTX and HCQ were stable before March 2020. On March 2020, the incidence of HCQ increased by 9- and 67-fold in PHARMETRICS and IMASIS respectively, to decrease in May 2020. Usage rates of HCQ went back to pre-pandemic trends in Spain, but remained high in the US, mimicking waves of COVID-19. No significant changes in HCQ use were noted among patients with RA and SLE. MTX use rates decreased during HCQ approval period for COVID-19 treatment. CONCLUSIONS Use of HCQ increased dramatically in the general population in both Spain and the US during March and April 2020. While Spain returned to pre-pandemic rates after the first wave, use of HCQ remained high and followed waves of COVID-19 in the US. However, we found no evidence of general shortages in the use of HCQ for both RA and SLE in the US. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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Affiliation(s)
- Núria Mercadé-Besora
- Pharmaco- and Device Epidemiology Group, Health Data Sciences, Botnar Research Centre, NDORMS, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
- Fundació Institut Universitari per a la recerca a l'Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol), Barcelona, Spain
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- Pharmaco- and Device Epidemiology Group, Health Data Sciences, Botnar Research Centre, NDORMS, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Pharmaco- and Device Epidemiology Group, Health Data Sciences, Botnar Research Centre, NDORMS, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Pharmaco- and Device Epidemiology Group, Health Data Sciences, Botnar Research Centre, NDORMS, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena/Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, IBiS/Universidad de Sevilla/CSIC, Sevilla
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- Fundació Institut Universitari per a la recerca a l'Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol), Barcelona, Spain
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- Fundació Institut Universitari per a la recerca a l'Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol), Barcelona, Spain
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- Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy
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- Fundació Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears - IdISBa, Spain
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- Bordeaux PharmacoEpi, University of Bordeaux, National Institute of Health and Medical Research CIC-P1401, Bordeaux, France
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- Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, S.A.S Nagar, Mohali
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- Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pharmaco- and Device Epidemiology Group, Health Data Sciences, Botnar Research Centre, NDORMS, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Pharmaco- and Device Epidemiology Group, Health Data Sciences, Botnar Research Centre, NDORMS, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Pharmaco- and Device Epidemiology Group, Health Data Sciences, Botnar Research Centre, NDORMS, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
- Department of Medical Informatics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Pharmaco- and Device Epidemiology Group, Health Data Sciences, Botnar Research Centre, NDORMS, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Pharmaco- and Device Epidemiology Group, Health Data Sciences, Botnar Research Centre, NDORMS, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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Varnier GC, Consolaro A, Cheng IL, Silva Riveiro A, Pilkington C, Ravelli A. Experience with the use of mycophenolate mofetil in juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2023; 62:SI163-SI169. [PMID: 35929784 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Revised: 06/21/2022] [Accepted: 06/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of MMF in juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (JIIMs). METHODS Patients diagnosed with JIIM and treated with MMF enrolled in the Juvenile Dermatomyositis Research Group (JDRG) in the UK or followed at the Giannina Gaslini Institute in Genoa, Italy, were included. The following information was collected retrospectively at MMF initiation, at 3, 6 and 12 months after treatment start, and at last follow-up visit: clinical manifestations, laboratory data, physicians' subjective assessment of disease activity, standardized outcome measures of muscle strength/endurance, cutaneous disease activity, physical function, global disease activity, cumulative damage, and ongoing treatment. RESULTS Of the 29 patients included, 23 had juvenile DM and 6 had overlap myositis. During administration of MMF, improvement in measures of muscle strength, skin disease activity, and overall disease activity was seen, with an increase in the frequency of normal scores for Manual Muscle Test-8 from 50.0% to 83.3%, Childhood Myositis Activity Score from 53.5% to 88.9%, muscle component of DAS from 55.2% to 84.2%, skin component of DAS from 31.0% to 42.1%, visual analogue scale for skin disease activity from 25.0% to 47.4%, and visual analogue scale for overall disease activity from 7.1% to 42.1%. The number of patients with inactive disease increased from 10.3% at baseline to 68.5% at last follow-up. CS dose was significantly reduced, from 0.3 to 0.1 mg/kg/day. No relevant side effects were reported. CONCLUSION Our experience suggests that MMF is a valuable therapeutic option for the management of JIIM.
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- Giulia Camilla Varnier
- Università degli Studi di Genova, Genoa, Italy.,Paediatric Rheumatology, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK
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- Università degli Studi di Genova, Genoa, Italy.,Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologica, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Paediatric Rheumatology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
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- Università degli Studi di Genova, Genoa, Italy.,Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologica, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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Riachi M, Polubothu S, Stadnik P, Hughes C, Martin SB, Charman CR, Cheng IL, Gholam K, Ogunbiyi O, Paige DG, Sebire NJ, Pittman A, Di WL, Kinsler VA. Molecular Genetic Dissection of Inflammatory Linear Verrucous Epidermal Naevus Leads to Successful Targeted Therapy. J Invest Dermatol 2021; 141:2979-2983.e1. [PMID: 34116062 PMCID: PMC8631607 DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2021.02.765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2019] [Revised: 02/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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- Melissa Riachi
- Genetics and Genomic Medicine, University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom; Mosaicism and Precision Medicine Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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- Genetics and Genomic Medicine, University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom; Mosaicism and Precision Medicine Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom; Paediatric Dermatology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, United Kingdom
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- Genetics and Genomic Medicine, University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom
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- Genetics and Genomic Medicine, University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom; Mosaicism and Precision Medicine Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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- Genetics and Genomic Medicine, University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom; Mosaicism and Precision Medicine Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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- Dermatology, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, United Kingdom
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- Pharmacy, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, United Kingdom
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- Paediatric Dermatology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, United Kingdom
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- Paediatric Pathology, Department of Histopathology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, United Kingdom
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- Dermatology, Royal London Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Paediatric Pathology, Department of Histopathology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, United Kingdom
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- Bioinformatics, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Immunobiology Section, Infection, Immunity and Inflammation Programme, University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom
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- Genetics and Genomic Medicine, University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom; Mosaicism and Precision Medicine Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom; Paediatric Dermatology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, United Kingdom.
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Cinar OK, Marlais M, Al Obaidi M, Cheng IL, Tullus K, Brogan P, Moraitis E. Ofatumumab use in juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus: A single centre experience. Lupus 2020; 30:527-530. [PMID: 33327846 DOI: 10.1177/0961203320981137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Ovgu Kul Cinar
- Paediatric Rheumatology Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Paediatric Nephrology Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Paediatric Rheumatology Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Pharmacy, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Paediatric Nephrology Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Paediatric Rheumatology Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK.,Infection, Immunity and Rheumatology Section, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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- Paediatric Rheumatology Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK
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Dobson G, Klein N, Veys P, Qasim W, Silva J, Cheng IL, Shingadia D, Tudor-Williams G, Watters SA, Lyall H, Rao A, Foster C, Bamford A. Persistence of HIV reservoir following successful haematopoietic stem cell transplant for juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia in a child with perinatally acquired HIV. J Virus Erad 2019; 5:174-177. [PMID: 31700667 PMCID: PMC6816122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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This report describes a case of juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia (JMML) on a background of both perinatally acquired HIV infection and congenital cytomegalovirus, and management of antiretroviral therapy during haematopoietic stem cell transplant. Peripheral blood HIV viral load remained below the lower limit of detection throughout and following transplant and is currently <20 RNA copies/mL. The child is currently in remission from JMML, but HIV DNA remains detectable despite myeloablative conditioning and sustained plasma HIV viral suppression.
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- G Dobson
- Paediatric Infectious Diseases Department,
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust,
London,
UK
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- Paediatric Infectious Diseases Department,
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust,
London,
UK,UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health,
London,
UK
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- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health,
London,
UK,Paediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Department,
Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,
London,
UK
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- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health,
London,
UK,Paediatric Immunology Department,
Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,
London,
UK
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- Paediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Department,
Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,
London,
UK
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- Paediatric Pharmacy Department,
Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,
London,
UK
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- Paediatric Infectious Diseases Department,
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust,
London,
UK,UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health,
London,
UK
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- Paediatric Infectious Diseases Department,
St Mary's Hospital,
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust,
London,
UK,Division of Infectious Diseases,
Imperial College London,
London,
UK
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- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health,
London,
UK
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- Paediatric Infectious Diseases Department,
St Mary's Hospital,
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust,
London,
UK
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- Paediatric Haematology Department,
Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,
London,
UK
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- Paediatric Infectious Diseases Department,
St Mary's Hospital,
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust,
London,
UK
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- Paediatric Infectious Diseases Department,
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust,
London,
UK,UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health,
London,
UK,Corresponding author: Alasdair Bamford
Paediatric Infectious Diseases Department,
Great Ormond Street Hospital,
Great Ormond Street,
LondonWC1N 3JH,
UK
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Lei L, Muhammad S, Al-Obaidi M, Sebire N, Cheng IL, Eleftheriou D, Brogan P. Successful use of ofatumumab in two cases of early-onset juvenile SLE with thrombocytopenia caused by a mutation in protein kinase C δ. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 2018; 16:61. [PMID: 30257684 PMCID: PMC6158832 DOI: 10.1186/s12969-018-0278-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2018] [Accepted: 09/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND We previously described an endogamous Pakistani kindred in whom we identified a novel homozygous missense mutation in the PRKCD gene encoding for protein kinase C δ (PKCδ) as a cause of monogenic systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). PKCδ has a role in the negative regulation of B cells. Given the nature of the disease, a logical targeted therapeutic approach in these patients is B cell depletion. Indeed, the 3 siblings all had a marked clinical response and resolution of symptoms with rituximab, although 2 of the siblings had severe reactions to rituximab thus precluding further treatment with this. We therefore describe the first successful use of ofatumumab for this rare form of monogenic SLE. CASE PRESENTATION All three affected siblings presented with SLE before the age of 3-years with lethargy, intermittent fever, thrombocytopenia, cutaneous involvement, alopecia, and hepatosplenomegaly. Tubulointerstitial nephritis was also present in 1 of the siblings. Homozygosity mapping followed by whole exome sequencing identified a homozygous missense mutation in PRKCD (p.Gly432Trp), subsequently confirmed by Sanger sequencing to be present in all 3 siblings. All 3 patients were initially treated with rituximab, however 2 of the siblings developed severe infusion-related reactions. For subsequent disease flare in these individuals we therefore used an alternative B cell depleting agent, ofatumumab (300 mg/1.73m2 on day 1; 700 mg/1.73m2 on day 15). This resulted in marked clinical improvement in both patients. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report describing the successful use of ofatumumab for PKCδ deficiency. CONCLUSIONS PKCδ deficiency causes a monogenic form of SLE which responds well to B cell depletion. Ofatumumab is also likely to have a therapeutic role for sporadic juvenile SLE (jSLE) patients intolerant of rituximab.
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- 0000 0004 5902 9895grid.424537.3Paediatric Rheumatology Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK
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- 0000 0004 5902 9895grid.424537.3Paediatric Rheumatology Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK
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- grid.420468.cDepartment of Paediatric Histopathology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
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- 0000 0004 5902 9895grid.424537.3Paediatric Rheumatology Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK
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- 0000000121901201grid.83440.3bInfection, Inflammation and Rheumatology Section, Infection, Immunity, Inflammation and Physiological Medicine Programme, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK ,ARUK centre for adolescent rheumatology, London, UK
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- 0000000121901201grid.83440.3bInfection, Inflammation and Rheumatology Section, Infection, Immunity, Inflammation and Physiological Medicine Programme, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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