<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kuznar, Wayne</style></author></authors><secondary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aggarwal, Rohit</style></author></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Autoantibodies Predict Treatment Response to Rituximab in Myositis</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MD Conference Express</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012-12-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">14-14</style></pages><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The presence of myositis-associated autoantibodies is the strongest predictor of improvement in patients with adult and juvenile myositis treated with B-cell depletion. This article describes findings from the Rituximab for the Treatment of Refractory Adult and Juvenile Dermatomyositis and Adult Polymyositis [RIM] study, in which baseline clinical, laboratory, and serologic predictors of response were examined in rituximab-treated patients with refractory myositis, defined as failure of steroids and at least 1 other immunosuppressive agent.</style></abstract><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">19</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">12</style></volume></record></records></xml>