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Resolution: standard / high Figure 5.
Mean changes from baseline in patients' well-being over a median (range) of 194 (180
to 1,407) days during rituximab therapy in patients with various autoimmune diseases,
as measured using the visual analogue scale (VAS; 0 to 100 mm) rated by the treating
physician. VAS scores were not assessed in patients with mixed connective tissue disease or
'other' autoimmune diseases. AIHA, autoimmune haemolytic anaemia; AITP, autoimmune
thrombocytopenia; AS, ankylosing spondylitis; MP, microscopic polyangiitis; NMO, neuromyelitis
optica; PA, psoriatic arthritis; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus;
WG, ANCA-associated granulomatous vasculitis.
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