Role of immunosuppressive therapy on clinical, immunological, and angiographic outcome in active Takayasu's arteritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1793-1798

  Valsakumar, Anand K ^b   Valappil, Umesan Chirammal ^b   Jorapur, Vinod ^b   Garg, Naveen ^b   Nityanand, Soniya ^b   Sinha, Nakul ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Angiography; Immunosuppressive therapy; Takayasu's arteritis

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MEGLUMINE DIATRIZOATE; PREDNISOLONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; UROGRAFFIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG SAFETY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AORTOGRAPHY; AZATHIOPRINE; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; PREDNISOLONE; TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041528396     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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