Resolution of Behçet's Syndrome Associated Pulmonary Arterial Aneurysms with Infliximab

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 482-487

  Schreiber, Benjamin E ^a   Noor, Nadim ^b   Juli, Christoph F ^c   Haskard, Dorian O ^c  

^a ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b BEDFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti TNF; Behcet's disease; Cyclophosphamide; Pulmonary artery aneurysms

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ENOXAPARIN; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ADVENTITIA; ANEURYSM; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CASE REPORT; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMMON FEMORAL ARTERY ANEURYSM; COMMON ILIAC ARTERY ANEURYSM; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DETERIORATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FATIGUE; FEMORAL VEIN; FEMORAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMOROFEMORAL BYPASS; GENITAL ULCER; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG ARTERY THROMBOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALAISE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MOUTH ULCER; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; RASH; RED CELL EXTRAVASATION; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASA VASORUM; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BEHCET SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 82955233899     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: 1532866X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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