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Pharmacogenetic investigation of efficacy response to mepolizumab in eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis
3 Feb 2020
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Abstract Treatment of patients with the rare disease eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) with mepolizumab, a monoclonal antibody to interleukin-5 (IL-5) that reduces blood eosinophil counts, as an add-on therapy to glucocorticoid treatment, results in more accrued weeks in remission, reductions in glucocorticoid use and reductions in relapse rate. However, treatment response varies across a...
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