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К.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Soloviev</surname><given-names>S. K.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>123056, Москва, Грузинский переулок, 3А</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>3A, Gruzinskiy pereulok, Moscow 123056</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5411-7317</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Меснянкина</surname><given-names>А. А.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Mesnyankina</surname><given-names>A. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Анна Александровна Меснянкина</p><p>115522, Москва, Каширское шоссе, 34А</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Anna Alexandrovna Mesnyankina</p><p>34A, Kashirskoe shosse, Moscow 115522</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">a.a.mesnyankina@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4160-7218</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Никишина</surname><given-names>Н. Ю.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Nikishina</surname><given-names>N. Yu.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>115522, Москва, Каширское шоссе, 34А</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>34A, Kashirskoe shosse, Moscow 115522</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1663-7810</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Асеева</surname><given-names>Е. А.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Aseeva</surname><given-names>E. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>115522, Москва, Каширское шоссе, 34А</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>34A, Kashirskoe shosse, Moscow 115522</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6068-3080</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Лила</surname><given-names>А. М.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Lila</surname><given-names>A. M.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>115522, Москва, Каширское шоссе, 34А</p><p>125993, Москва, ул. Баррикадная, 2/1, стр. 1</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>34A, Kashirskoe shosse, Moscow 115522</p><p>2/1, Barrikadnaya street, building 1, Moscow 125993</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-3"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>АО «Группа компаний МЕДСИ»</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>JSC Group of companies MEDSI</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-2"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>ФГБНУ «Научно-исследовательский институт ревматологии им. В.А. Насоновой»</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>V.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-3"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>ФГБНУ «Научно-исследовательский институт ревматологии им. В.А. Насоновой»; кафедра ревматологии ФГБОУ ДПО «Российская медицинская академия непрерывного профессионального образования»</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>V.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology; Department of Rheumatology, Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2022</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>19</day><month>02</month><year>2022</year></pub-date><volume>16</volume><issue>1</issue><fpage>77</fpage><lpage>83</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Соловьев С.К., Меснянкина А.А., Никишина Н.Ю., Асеева Е.А., Лила А.М., 2022</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2022</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Соловьев С.К., Меснянкина А.А., Никишина Н.Ю., Асеева Е.А., Лила А.М.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Soloviev S.K., Mesnyankina A.A., Nikishina N.Y., Aseeva E.A., Lila A.M.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://mrj.ima-press.net/mrj/article/view/1256">https://mrj.ima-press.net/mrj/article/view/1256</self-uri><abstract><p>Глюкокортикоиды (ГК) в настоящее время остаются одним из важнейших компонентов терапии системной красной волчанки (СКВ). Однако длительное применение ГК неизбежно приводит к развитию необратимых повреждений органов. Доказано преимущество назначения генно-инженерных биологических препаратов, блокирующих ключевые звенья патогенеза СКВ, пациентам с высокой активностью заболевания и зависимостью от применения средних и высоких доз ГК.Представлено три клинических наблюдения, в которых больным с активной СКВ проводилась терапия ритуксимабом и белимумабом без применения пероральных ГК.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Glucocorticoids (GC) currently remain one of the most important components of the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). However, prolonged use of GC inevitably leads to the development of irreversible organ damage. It has been proven that the use of biological diseasemodifying antirheumatic drugs that block key pathogenetic pathways of SLE has an advantage in patients with high disease activity and dependence on the use of medium and high doses of GC.Three clinical cases are presented in which patients with active SLE were treated with rituximab and belimumab without the use of oral GC.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>системная красная волчанка</kwd><kwd>комбинированная терапия</kwd><kwd>генно-инженерные биологические препараты</kwd><kwd>ритуксимаб</kwd><kwd>белимумаб</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>systemic lupus erythematosus</kwd><kwd>combined therapy</kwd><kwd>biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs</kwd><kwd>rituximab</kwd><kwd>belimumab</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Насонов ЕЛ, редактор. Ревматология. 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