A randomized controlled trial of rituximab for the treatment of severe cryoglobulinemic vasculitis

…, M Pietrogrande, C Ferri, MT Mascia… - Arthritis & …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To conduct a long‐term, prospective, randomized controlled trial evaluating
rituximab (RTX) therapy for severe mixed cryoglobulinemia or cryoglobulinemic vasculitis (CV). …

Cryoglobulinemic vasculitis

C Ferri, MT Mascia - Current opinion in rheumatology, 2006 - journals.lww.com
… We also analyzed retrospectively 195 patients with mixed cryoglobulinemia typified during
1 year at the laboratory of our hospital (MT Mascia, personal communication). Only 31/195 (16…

Recommendations for the management of mixed cryoglobulinemia syndrome in hepatitis C virus-infected patients

…, A Gabrielli, GB Gaeta, P Marson, MT Mascia… - Autoimmunity …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this review was to define a core set of recommendations for
the treatment of HCV-associated mixed cryoglobulinemia syndrome (MCS) by combining …

Preliminary classification criteria for the cryoglobulinaemic vasculitis

…, M Lenzi, F Saccardo, P Fraticelli, MT Mascia… - Annals of the …, 2011 - ard.bmj.com
Background To develop preliminary classification criteria for the cryoglobulinaemic syndrome
or cryoglobulinaemic vasculitis (CV). Methods Study part I developed a questionnaire for …

HCV-related autoimmune and neoplastic disorders: the HCV syndrome

C Ferri, A Antonelli, MT Mascia, M Sebastiani… - Digestive and Liver …, 2007 - Elsevier
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) chronic infection may be associated with a great number of both
hepatic and extrahepatic manifestations. HCV lymphotropism is responsible for poly-oligoclonal …

B-cells and mixed cryoglobulinemia

C Ferri, A Antonelli, MT Mascia, M Sebastiani… - Autoimmunity …, 2007 - Elsevier
Mixed cryoglobulinemia (MC) is a systemic small-vessel vasculitis; B-cell expansion is the
biological substrate of the disease. It can be regarded as benign lymphoproliferative condition …

Recommendations for managing the manifestations of severe and life-threatening mixed cryoglobulinemia syndrome

…, P Faggioli, P Novati, R Zani, MT Mascia… - Autoimmunity …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective Some of the manifestations of mixed cryoglobulinemia syndrome (MCS) can be
severe or life-threatening, and should be rapidly contained but, as the therapeutic approaches …

COVID-19-associated vasculitis and thrombotic complications: from pathological findings to multidisciplinary discussion

…, R Gelmini, A Maiorana, M Girardis, MT Mascia… - …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
SIR, Thrombosis in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
infection represents the most relevant extra-pulmonary manifestation of COVID-19 and …

HCV-unrelated cryoglobulinaemic vasculitis: the results of a prospective observational study by the Italian Group for the Study of Cryoglobulinaemias (GISC)

…, D Filippini, P Marson, MT Mascia… - Clinical and …, 2017 - flore.unifi.it
… The recent demonstration of salivary gland epithelial cell infection by human T-lymphtropic
virus-1 (HTLV-1) (47), and previous data concerning the presence of HTLV-1 infection in …

[HTML][HTML] Management of mixed cryoglobulinemia with rituximab: evidence and consensus-based recommendations from the Italian Study Group of Cryoglobulinemia …

…, M Visentini, S Scarpato, D Giuggioli, MT Mascia… - Clinical …, 2023 - Springer
Cryoglobulinemic vasculitis (CV) or mixed cryoglobulinemic syndrome (MCS) is a systemic
small-vessel vasculitis characterized by the proliferation of B-cell clones producing …