Abstracts tagged "rituximab and takayasu arteritis"

Abstract Number: 907 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rituximab in Patients with Takayasu Arteritis: A Single Center Experience on Five Patients
Giulia Pazzola¹, Francesco Muratore¹, Luigi Boiardi², Mariagazia Catanoso¹, Alessandra Soriano³, Pierluigi Macchioni¹, Lucia Spaggiari⁴, Massimiliano Casali⁵, Nicolò Pipitone¹, Niccolò Possemato⁶ and Carlo Salvarani¹, ¹Rheumatology Unit, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ²Rheumatology Unit, Arcispedale S.Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ³Rheumatology Unti, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁴Radiology, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁵Nuclear Medicine, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁶Rheumatology Service, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Background/Purpose: Takayasu arteritis (TAK) is a large vessel vasculitis involving the aorta and its major branches in patients younger than 40 years. Glucocorticoids (GCs) are…

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