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Rituximab (Anti‐CD20) Therapy of B‐Cell Lymphomas: Direct Complement Killing is Superior to Cellular Effector Mechanisms
1 Jun 2000
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Rituximab (IDEC-C2B8, Mabthera(R)) is a chimeric (human-mouse) monoclonal antibody (MoAb) against the B-cell specific CD20-antigen. It has been used for the clinical treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, but variable clinical results suggest that some lymphoma cells remain resistant. In the present study we have evaluated the relative efficiencies of humoral and cell-mediated effector mechanisms...
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