- ►umh.es [PDF] CM Weyand, JJ Goronzy - New England Journal of Medicine, 2003 - content.nejm.org Inflammation of large arteries such as the aorta and its major branches occurs
in a number of disorders, including Kawasaki's syndrome, Behçet's syndrome,
rheumatoid arthritis, syphilis, and tuberculosis. However, aortitis and ... Cited by 196 - Related articles - All 13 versions
- ►bmj.com SL Johnston, RJ Lock, MM Gompels - British Medical Journal, 2002 - jcp.bmj.com Takayasu arteritis, also known as pulseless disease, occlusive
thromboaortopathy, and Martorell syndrome, 1 is a chronic inflammatory arteritis
affecting large vessels, predominantly the aorta and its main branches. ... Cited by 198 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
KE Weck, AJ Dal Canto, JD Gould, AK O'Guin, … - Nature medicine, 1997 - nature.com Fundamental issues remain unresolved regarding the possible contribution of
viruses to vascular pathology, as well as the role of the immune system in
regulating these processes. Here we demonstrate that infection of mice with ... Cited by 140 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
A Brack, V Martinez-Taboada, A Stanson, JJ … - Arthritis Care & Research - interscience.wiley.com Seventy-four case patients with subclavian/axillary GCA diagnosed by angiography
and 74 control patients with temporal artery biopsy-proven GCA without large
vessel involvement matched for the date of first diagnosis were identified. ... Cited by 136 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►ufl.edu [PDF] CC Foundation, O Cleveland, M Clinic, M … - Arthritis Care & Research - interscience.wiley.com This was a multicenter, randomized, double-blind study. Over 4 years, 16 centers
from the International Network for the Study of Systemic Vasculitides enrolled
patients with unequivocal GCA. The initial treatment was 1 mg/kg/day ( 60 ... Cited by 130 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 10 versions
GS Hoffman, PA Merkel, RD Brasington, DJ … - Arthritis Care & Research - interscience.wiley.com Drs. Hoffman and Merkel have also been investigators of studies evaluating
anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) therapies in Wegener's granulomatosis and
giant cell arteritis, which were partially funded by Centocor, Immunex, and ... Cited by 117 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
MA Gonzalez-Gay, C Garcia-Porrua - Rheumatic diseases clinics of North America, 2001 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov In summary, systemic vasculitides constitute a heterogeneous group of
overlapping diseases that are somewhat more common than previously considered.
Although the causes of vasculitis are largely unknown, epidemiologic ... Cited by 107 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
EY Kissin, PA Merkel - Current Opinion in Rheumatology, 2004 - journals.lww.com Recent findings: MRI/A avoids the risks of arterial puncture, iodinated contrast
load, and radiation exposure, while providing information on arterial wall
anatomy and obtaining a generalized arterial survey in TAK. Ultrasound can ... Cited by 99 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
E Tso, SD Flamm, RD White, PR Schvartzman … - Arthritis Care & Research - interscience.wiley.com Previous studies have confirmed the poor correlation of symptoms, signs, and
levels of acute-phase reactants with disease activity in 50% of all patients
with Takayasu arteritis (TA). Invasive angiographic studies demonstrate ... Cited by 96 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►annals.org [PDF] E Daina, A Schieppati, G Remuzzi - Annals of internal medicine, 1999 - Am Coll Physicians From Mario Negri Institute and Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy. For
current author addresses, see end of text. ... Takayasu arteritis is a chronic
inffammatory dis- ... Three patients with clinical, laboratory, and an- ... Cited by 95 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
