Biomarkers of Good EULAR Response to the B Cell Depletion Therapy in All Seropositive Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Clues for the Pathogenesis

• Gianfranco Ferraccioli ,

  * E-mail: gf.ferraccioli@rm.unicatt.it

  Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy

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• Barbara Tolusso,

  Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy

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• Francesca Bobbio-Pallavicini,

  Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, University of Pavia, IRCCS S. Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy

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• Elisa Gremese,

  Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy

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• Viviana Ravagnani,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

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• Maurizio Benucci,

  Affiliation Rheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale di S. Giovanni di Dio, Florence, Italy

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• Edoardo Podestà,

  Affiliation Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, II School of Medicine, S. Andrea University Hospital, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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• Fabiola Atzeni,

  Affiliation Rheumatology Unit, University Hospital L. Sacco, Milan, Italy

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• Alice Mannocci,

  Affiliation Unit of Hygiene, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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• Domenico Biasi,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

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• Mariangela Manfredi,

  Affiliation Rheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale di S. Giovanni di Dio, Florence, Italy

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• Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini,

  Affiliation Rheumatology Unit, University Hospital L. Sacco, Milan, Italy

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• Bruno Laganà,

  Affiliation Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, II School of Medicine, S. Andrea University Hospital, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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• Carlomaurizio Montecucco

  Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, University of Pavia, IRCCS S. Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy

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