Takayasu arteritis in childhood: Retrospective experience from a tertiary referral centre in the United Kingdom

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Eleftheriou, Despina ^a   Varnier, Giulia ^a,b   Dolezalova, Pavla ^c   McMahon, Anne Marie ^d   Al Obaidi, Muthana ^d   Brogan, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PROSTACYCLIN; SILDENAFIL; TROPONIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTERIAL WALL THICKENING; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY INJURY; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ASSESSMENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE EXTENT INDEX TAKAYASU; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GRANULOMA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INDIAN TAKAYASU ARTERITIS ACTIVITY SCORE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MORNING DOSAGE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC VASCULITIS ACTIVITY SCORE; PEDIATRIC VASCULITIS DAMAGE INDEX; PERICARDITIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VASCULITIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; GREAT BRITAIN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; TAKAYASU ARTERITIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAKAYASU ARTERITIS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84926687855     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13075-015-0545-1     Document Type: Article

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