Symptomatic lower extremity vasculitis in giant cell arteritis: A case series

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2277-2283

  Kermani, Tanaz A ^a   Matteson, Eric L ^a   Hunder, Gene G ^a   Warrington, Kenneth J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Giant cell arteritis; Intermittent claudication; Peripheral vascular disease; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ANEURYSM; ARM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LABORATORY TEST; LEG; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENOSIS; SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY; TOE AMPUTATION; VASCULITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AMPUTATION; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VASCULITIS;

EID: 70450181287     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.090269     Document Type: Article

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