Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a chronic, idiopathic, inflammatorydisease that primarily affects large vessels [1]. The management ofthis disorder is largely unresolved, since a large number of patientsfail to reach stable remission on conventional treatment. anti-TNF treatmentmay prove useful both for disease control and to avoid the risk oflong-term toxicity of corticosteroids and classical immunosuppressivedrugs in Takayasu arteritis.

Two Takayasu arteritis patients successfully treated with infliximab: a potential disease-modifying agent? / DELLA ROSSA, A; Tavoni, A; Merlini, G; Baldini, C; Sebastiani, Marco; Lombardi, M; Neglia, D; Bombardieri, S.. - In: RHEUMATOLOGY. - ISSN 1462-0324. - 44:8(2005), pp. 1074-1075. [10.1093/rheumatology/keh661]

Two Takayasu arteritis patients successfully treated with infliximab: a potential disease-modifying agent?

SEBASTIANI, Marco;
2005-01-01

Abstract

Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a chronic, idiopathic, inflammatorydisease that primarily affects large vessels [1]. The management ofthis disorder is largely unresolved, since a large number of patientsfail to reach stable remission on conventional treatment. anti-TNF treatmentmay prove useful both for disease control and to avoid the risk oflong-term toxicity of corticosteroids and classical immunosuppressivedrugs in Takayasu arteritis.
2005
Two Takayasu arteritis patients successfully treated with infliximab: a potential disease-modifying agent? / DELLA ROSSA, A; Tavoni, A; Merlini, G; Baldini, C; Sebastiani, Marco; Lombardi, M; Neglia, D; Bombardieri, S.. - In: RHEUMATOLOGY. - ISSN 1462-0324. - 44:8(2005), pp. 1074-1075. [10.1093/rheumatology/keh661]
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