Noninfectious ascending aortitis: A case series of 64 patients

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2290-2297

  Liang, Kimberly P ^a   Chowdhary, Vaidehi R ^b   Michet, Clement J ^b   Miller, Dylan V ^c   Sundt, Thoralf M ^c   Connolly, Heidi M ^c   Crowson, Cynthia S ^c   Matteson, Eric L ^a   Warrington, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortitis; Giant cells; Thoracic aortic aneurysm; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; TEMPORAL ARTERY; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTITIS; AORTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 70450186214     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.090081     Document Type: Article

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