Takayasu Arteritis in Children: Preliminary Experience with Cyclophosphamide Induction and Corticosteroids Followed by Methotrexate

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 72-76

  Ozen, Seza ^a   Duzova, Ali ^a   Bakkaloglu, Aysin ^a   Bilginer, Yelda ^a   Cil, Barbaros E ^a   Demircin, Metin ^a   Davin, Jean Claude ^a   Bakkaloǧlu, Mehmet ^a  

^a Department of Radiology ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADOLESCENT; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTA BYPASS; AORTA SURGERY; AORTORENAL BYPASS; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; BYPASS SURGERY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CYSTITIS; DIAPHRAGM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALAISE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; THORACIC AORTA; TREATMENT DURATION; UNINEPHRECTOMY; VASCULITIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; METHOTREXATE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845611158     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.10.059     Document Type: Article

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