Abstract

The chimeric human mouse antibody rituximab represents a substantial advance over the use of unmodified murine antibodies. Multicenter trials showed that rituximab induced remission in 48% of 166 relapsed lymphoma patients with minimal toxicity. Thus, the antibody might play a role in patients who cannot tolerate chemotherapy because of marrow aplasia. We observed a continuous complete remission induced by rituximab alone in a 72 year old patients with refractory and progressive high-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) in the phase of chemotherapy induced marrow aplasia.

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