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Successful treatment of rituximab-unresponsive elderly-onset neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder and hypogammaglobulinemia with ofatumumab plus intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in a patient with mutant FCGR3A genotype: A case report.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2022
Zhang Weihe, Jiao Yujuan, Jiao Jinsong, Jin Ming, Peng Dantao
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Background: Elderly-onset neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is a rare entity that poses a therapeutic challenge. We report a case of elderly-onset NMOSD with mutant FCGR3A genotype who was successfully treated with ofatumumab after multiple episodes of relapse. Case Report: The patient was a 67-year-old woman who was diagnosed with NMOSD with high disease activity. She experienced six episodes of...
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