Abstracts tagged "prednisolone"

Abstract Number: 2357 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Relapses in Patients with Giant-Cell Arteritis: Prevalence, Characteristics and Associated Clinical Findings in a Prospectively Followed Cohort of 106 Patients
Marco A. Alba¹, Ana García-Martínez², Itziar Tavera-Bahillo¹, Sergio Prieto-González¹, Montserrat Butjosa³, Georgina Espígol⁴, Marc Corbera⁴, Ester Planas⁴, Jose Hernandez-Rodriguez⁵ and Maria C. Cid⁶, ¹Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Vasculitis Research Unit. Hospital Clínic. University of Barcelona. IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain, ²Department of Emergency Medicine, Vasculitis Research Unit. Hospital Clínic. University of Barcelona. IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain, ³Vasculitis Research Unit, Department of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clinic University Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Vasculitis research unit. Hospital Clínic. University of Barcelona. IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Hospital Clínic. University of Barcelona. IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Vasculitis Research Unit, Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clínic University of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: In spite of the satisfactory initial response to glucocorticoid treatment, patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) frequently experience relapses during follow-up. The objectives of…