The fine line between Takayasu arteritis and giant cell arteritis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 721-727

  Polachek, Ari ^a   Pauzner, Rachel ^a   Levartovsky, David ^a   Rosen, Galia ^a   Nesher, Gideon ^b   Breuer, Gabriel ^b   Anouk, Marina ^a   Arad, Uri ^a   Sarvagyl Maman, Hagit ^a   Kaufman, Ilana ^a   Caspi, Dan ^a   Elkayam, Ori ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Giant cell arteritis; Takayasu; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA ARCH; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; AXILLARY ARTERY; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; CELIAC ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DESCENDING AORTA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; KIDNEY ARTERY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MESENTERIC ARTERY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEROID THERAPY; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; TEMPORAL ARTERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASE; AORTA; ARTERY; BIOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TAKAYASU ARTERITIS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA; ARTERIES; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAKAYASU ARTERITIS; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84925490720     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-014-2813-x     Document Type: Article

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