Limitations of therapy and a guarded prognosis in an American cohort of Takayasu arteritis patients

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1000-1009

  Maksimowicz McKinnon, Kathleen ^a,b   Clark, Tiffany M ^a   Hoffman, Gary S ^a,c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FOLIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTA DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG RESPONSE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; REMISSION; RENAL ARTERY; RESTENOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INDIA; ITALY; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947151029     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22404     Document Type: Article

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