Takayasu arteritis in children and adolescents

Rheumatology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1806-1814

  Brunner, Juergen ^a   Feldman, Brian M ^b,c   Tyrrell, Pascal N ^b   Kuemmerle Deschner, Jasmin B ^a,d   Zimmerhackl, Lothar B ^a   Gassner, Ingmar ^a   Benseler, Susanne M ^b  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiitis; Children; Takayasu arteritis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; INFLIXIMAB; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTA COARCTATION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; BEHCET DISEASE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BUERGER DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY BRUIT; CHILD; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; GOLD STANDARD; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MARFAN SYNDROME; MORTALITY; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PERFUSION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REMISSION; REVIEW; SALMONELLOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NODULE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYPHILIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREPONEMATOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; CHILD; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HUMANS; TAKAYASU ARTERITIS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956859735     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq167     Document Type: Review

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