Retrospective evaluation of 22 patients with Takayasu's arteritis

Rheumatology International

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1155-1159

  Yasar Bilge, Nazife Sule ^a   Kaşifoǧlu, Timuçin ^a   Cansu, Döndü Ü ^a   Korkmaz, Cengiz ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Immunosuppressive treatment; Pulseless disease; Takayasu's arteritis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INFLIXIMAB; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; STEROID;

ADULT; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SARCOIDOSIS; SEX RATIO; STENT; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AORTA; AORTOGRAPHY; COMORBIDITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAKAYASU ARTERITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863631012     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-010-1764-z     Document Type: Article

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