Successful antiviral treatment of giant cell arteritis and takayasu arteritis

JAMA Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 943-946

  Gilden, Don ^a   White, Teresa M ^a   Nagae, Lidia ^a   Gurdin, William H ^a,b   Boyer, Philip J ^a   Nagel, Maria A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Exempla Lutheran Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; VIRUS ANTIGEN; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

AGED; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HERPES ZOSTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; COMPLICATION; TAKAYASU ARTERITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; TAKAYASU ARTERITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84938926654     PISSN: 21686149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.0840     Document Type: Article

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