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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of nine patients treated with rituximab

From: B cell depletion in diffuse progressive systemic sclerosis: safety, skin score modification and IL-6 modulation in an up to thirty-six months follow-up open-label trial

Age (years) (mean (SD))

40.9 (11.1)

(median (range))

41.5 (21.0-55.0)

Disease duration (months) (mean (SD))

49.0 (73.1)

(median (range))

24.0 (12-240)

Female (number,%)

8 (88.9)

Male (number,%)

1 (11.1)

ANA positivity (number,%)

9 (100)

Anti-Scl70 positivity (number,%)

6 (66.7)

Follow-up (months)(mean (SD))

16.7 (12.6)

(median (range))

12 (6-36)

  1. The values are indicated as the mean (SD), median (range) or percentage. ANA, antinuclear antibodies; SD, standard deviation.