Abstracts tagged "cytokines and giant cell arteritis"

Abstract Number: 1964 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Biomarkers in Temporal Artery Biopsies and Sera of Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis
Katja Lakota¹, Tadeja Kuret², Polona Žigon¹, Ziga Rotar¹, Matija Tomsic¹, Saša Čučnik^1,2, Snezna Sodin Semrl^1,3 and Alojzija Hocevar¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ²Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ³Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Science and Information Technology, University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a large- and medium- vessel arteritis characterized by a range of histological patterns of vascular wall injury. The temporal…