Abstracts tagged "methotrexate (MTX) and 18FDG PET/CT scan"

Abstract Number: 1841 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019

Resolution of Vascular Inflammation in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis Receiving Glucocorticoids, Methotrexate or Tocilizumab Treatment: Data from the Italian/German RIGA Study

Verena Schönau ¹, Jessica Roth ¹, Koray Tascilar ², Jürgen Rech ³, Daniela Schmidt ⁴, Torsten Kuwert ⁴, Filippo Crescentini ⁵, Luigi Boiardi ⁶, Massimiliano Casali ⁷, Annibale Versari ⁸, Giulia Pazzola ⁵, Georg Schett ⁹, Carlo Salvarani ¹⁰ and Francesco Muratore¹¹, ¹Rheumatology Unit, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ²Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Bayern, Germany, ³Department of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Nuclear Medicine Unit, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Rheumatology Unit, Azienda Unita' Sanitaria Locale IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Unita' Sanitaria Locale IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁷Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, REGGIO EMILIA, Italy, ⁸Nuclear Medicine Unit, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, ⁹Department of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Unita’ Sanitaria Locale IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy