Response to Rituximab after Failure of Cyclophosphamide in the Induction Treatment in a Patient with cANCA-associated Vasculitis and Pachymeningitis: a Case Report

cANCA-associated vasculitis, case report, pachymeningitis, cyclophosphamide, rituximab

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