Aortic aneurysm in MAGIC syndrome successfully managed with combined anti-TNF-α and stent grafting

Rheumatology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1169-1170

  Mekinian, Arsene ^a   Lambert, Marc ^a   Beregi, Jean Paul ^a   Morell Dubois, Sandrine ^a   Launay, David ^a   Queyrel, Viviane ^a   Midulla, Marco ^a   Hachulla, Eric ^a   Hatron, Pierre Yves ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; FIBRINOGEN; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ARCH; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA THROMBOSIS; ARTHRALGIA; BEHCET DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART PALPITATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS; STENT; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR SYNDROME; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM; BEHCET SYNDROME; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHONDRITIS, RELAPSING; STENTS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 70349785867     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kep172     Document Type: Letter

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