Takayasu arteritis: Diverse aspects of a rare disease

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 757-759

  Balbir Gurman, Alexandra ^a   Braun Moscovici, Yolanda ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid syndrome; High risk pregnancy; Infliximab; Takayasu arteritis (TA); Tumor necrosis factor alpha

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADALIMUMAB; AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD27 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; ETANERCEPT; GADOLINIUM; INFLIXIMAB; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; RITUXIMAB; TOCILIZUMAB; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR;

ADVENTITIA; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDITORIAL; ENTERITIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; PREECLAMPSIA; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VASCULAR LESION;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; TAKAYASU ARTERITIS;

EID: 84871881779     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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