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Analysis of Wegener's granulomatosis responses to rituximab: current evidence and therapeutic prospectsAchille Aouba
Department of Internal Medicine and the French Vasculitis Study Group, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, Universite Paris, 5 René Descartes, Hopital Cochin, 27, rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, 75679, Paris Cedex 14, France
Clin Rev Allergy Immunol 34:65-73. 2008..This promising biotherapy opens the way for other therapeutic agents targeting B lymphocytes and to improve our understanding of the pathophysiology of ANCA-associated vasculitis...
[Pourfour du Petit syndrome: a rare aetiology of unilateral exophtalmos with mydriasis and lid retraction]A Aouba
Service de Medecine Interne, Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou, 20, rue Leblanc, 75908 Paris Cedex 15, France
Rev Med Interne 24:261-5. 2003..The recognition of this entity can allow the diagnosis of pathologies that need emergency treatment...
Hemophagocytic syndrome as a presenting sign of transformation of smoldering to acute adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma: efficacy of anti-retroviral and interferon therapyAchille Aouba
Department of Haematology, Hopital Necker Enfants Malades, Paris, France
Am J Hematol 76:187-9. 2004..Thus, we propose that adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma must be added to the spectrum of etiologies of hemophagocytic syndrome...
Tricuspid aseptic endocarditis revealing right endomyocardial fibrosis during an unrecognized Behçet's disease. A case reportAchille Aouba
Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou, Paris 75
Presse Med 33:1367-9. 2004..This message is notably important in some countries where the prevalence of these two entities are among the highest in the world...
Severe pulmonary arterial hypertension as initial manifestation of intravascular lymphoma: case reportAchille Aouba
Department of Haematology, Hopital Necker Enfants Malades, Paris, France
Am J Hematol 79:46-9. 2005..For this purpose, blood collected via pulmonary capillary-wedge aspiration for cytologic examination may be associated with right-sided heart catheterization when this latter procedure is suitable...
Azathioprine or methotrexate maintenance for ANCA-associated vasculitisChristian Pagnoux
Universite Paris Descartes, Hopital Cochin, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, Paris, France
N Engl J Med 359:2790-803. 2008..However, azathioprine and methotrexate have not been compared with regard to safety and efficacy...
Clinical features and outcomes in 348 patients with polyarteritis nodosa: a systematic retrospective study of patients diagnosed between 1963 and 2005 and entered into the French Vasculitis Study Group DatabaseChristian Pagnoux
Universite Paris Descartes, Hopital Cochin, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, Paris, France
Arthritis Rheum 62:616-26. 2010..This study was undertaken to describe the main characteristics of and long-term outcomes in patients with well-characterized PAN diagnoses...
[Crowned dens syndrome: three new cases]A Aouba
Service de Medecine Interne, Hopital Foch, Suresnes, France
Rev Med Interne 24:49-54. 2003..We report on three new cases diagnosed from 1996 to 1999...
Adjunction of rituximab to steroids and immunosuppressants for refractory/relapsing Wegener's granulomatosis: a study on 8 patientsB Brihaye
French Vasculitis Study Group, Department of Internal Medicine, Hopital Cochin, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, Universite Paris 5 Rene Descartes, Paris, France
Clin Exp Rheumatol 25:S23-7. 2007..But the frequency of and time to responses to rituximab, and its effects on various clinical WG manifestations remain to be thoroughly evaluated...
Tolerance and efficacy of rituximab and changes in serum B cell biomarkers in patients with systemic complications of primary Sjögren's syndromeRaphaele Seror
Department of Rheumatology, Hopital Bicetre, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, Universite Paris Sud 11, INSERM U802, Le Kremlin Bicetre, France
Ann Rheum Dis 66:351-7. 2007..To investigate the safety and efficacy of rituximab (RTX) for systemic symptoms in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS), and changes in B cell biomarkers...
Screening for von Willebrand disease: contribution of an automated assay for von Willebrand factor activityD Lasne
Laboratoire d Hematologie, Hopital Necker, AP HP, Paris, France
Haemophilia 18:e158-63. 2012..Our findings support VWF:AC use for the diagnostic work-up of VWD, paying close attention to concomitant clinical signs and bleeding score, as recommended for VWD...
Deaths associated with acquired haemophilia in France from 2000 to 2009: multiple cause analysis for best care strategiesA Aouba
INSERM, CépiDc, Le Kremlin Bicetre, France
Haemophilia 18:339-44. 2012..Moreover, as several of its DCD correspond also to steroids side effects, best tolerated immunosuppressant regimen with steroid-sparing agents adjoining are particularly awaited in AH population...
Complete remission in refractory relapsing polychondritis with intravenous immunoglobulinsB Terrier
Department of Internal Medicine, Cochin Hospital, , , Paris, France
Clin Exp Rheumatol 26:136-8. 2008
Rituximab reversed cardiac involvement of Wegener's granulomatosis: magnetic resonance imaging assessmentBenoit Brihaye
French Vasculitis Study Group, Department of Internal Medicine, AP HP, Hopital Cochin, Université Paris 5 Descartes, F 75679 Paris cedex 14, France
Presse Med 37:412-5. 2008..We report the disease course of a patient who received rituximab to treat cardiac involvement documented by contrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (ceCMR)...
Spumous histiocytic oligoarthritis coexisting with systemic Langerhans' cell histiocytosis: case report and literature reviewAchille Aouba
Department of Internal Medicine, Referal Center for Histiocytosis, Hopital Cochin, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, Université de Paris 5 René Descartes, 27, rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, 75679 Paris Cedex 14, France
Joint Bone Spine 76:701-4. 2009..Both entities regressed under cladribine, with only mild relapses of the non-Langerhans' cell histiocytosis involvements...
[Behçet's disease]Achille Aouba
Université de Paris5 René Descartes
Rev Prat 58:533-40. 2008....
Intravascular lymphoma associated with haemophagocytic syndrome: a very rare entity in western countriesBenjamin Terrier
Department of Adult Haematology, Necker Hospital, 149-161 rue de Sevres, 75743 Paris Cedex 15, France
Eur J Haematol 75:341-5. 2005..Early recognition of IVL-HS by performing bone marrow biopsy is critical to start rapidly appropriate treatment. The role of rituximab in the management of IVL-HS remains to be established...
