Sexual dimorphic response to rituximab treatment: A longitudinal observational study in a large cohort of patients with primary membranous nephropathy and persistent nephrotic syndrome

• Main Authors: Annalisa Perna (Author), Barbara Ruggiero (Author), Manuel Alfredo Podestà (Author), Luca Perico (Author), Silvia Orisio (Author), Hanna Debiec (Author), Giuseppe Remuzzi (Author), Piero Ruggenenti (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Rituximab is one of the first-line therapies for patients with membranous nephropathy (MN) at high risk of progression towards kidney failure. We investigated whether the response to Rituximab was affected by sex and anti-PLA2R antibody levels in 204 consecutive patients (148 males and 56 females) w...