ACR Meeting Abstracts
Abstract Number: 907 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
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…