Coexistence of Takayasu's arteritis with familial Mediterranean fever

Rheumatology International

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1675-1678

  Zihni, Figen Yargucu ^a   Kalfa, Melike ^a   Ocakçi, Pinar Talu ^a   Tarhan, Figen ^a   Parildar, Mustafa ^b   Keser, Gokhan ^a   Aksu, Kenan ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Familial Mediterranean fever; Takayasu's arteritis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COLCHICINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FOLIC ACID; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; BACKACHE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CELIAC ARTERY STENOSIS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMORBIDITY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FATIGUE; FEVER; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALAISE; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSTERNAL PAIN; SKIN BIOPSY; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VASCULITIS; VERTIGO;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; COLCHICINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAKAYASU ARTERITIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863873549     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-011-1853-7     Document Type: Article

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