Rituximab for chronic periaortitis without evidence of IgG4-related disease: a long-term follow-up study of 20 patients

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy.
• ² Nephrology, Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy, Italy.
• ³ Nephrology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
• ⁴ Nephrology, University of Turin, Torino, Italy.
• ⁵ Pediatrics, National Institutes of Health/NIAMS, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
• ⁶ Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Ospedale Pediatrico Meyer, Firenze, Italy.
• ⁷ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy.
• ⁸ Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
• ⁹ Biomedical Experimental and Clinical Sciences, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy augusto.vaglio@virgilio.it.