TY - JOUR AU - Harris, Claire AU - Marin, Judith AU - Beaulieu, Monica C. PY - 2018 DA - 2018/06/28 TI - Rituximab induction therapy for de novo ANCA associated vasculitis in pregnancy: a case report JO - BMC Nephrology SP - 152 VL - 19 IS - 1 AB - The diagnosis of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) associated vasculitis (AAV) is rare in pregnancy but potentially life threatening. There are no randomized controlled trials to guide the management of AAV in pregnancy and fetal safety data remains limited. Rituximab administration, a treatment for AAV, has been reported in pregnant women with reassuring fetal outcomes in the oncology and rheumatology literature; however, no published reports describe its use in AAV. SN - 1471-2369 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-018-0949-7 DO - 10.1186/s12882-018-0949-7 ID - Harris2018 ER -