The Role of Biological Agents in the Management of Large Vessel Vasculitis (LVV): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

BACKGROUND: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) and Takayasu's arteritis (TAA) are large vessel vasculitides (LVV) for which corticosteroids (CS) are the mainstay for treatment. In patients with LVV unable to tolerate CS, biological agents have been used with variable effectiveness. OBJECTIVE: To system...

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Autores principales: Osman, Mohammed, Pagnoux, Christian, Dryden, Donna M., Storie, Dale, Yacyshyn, Elaine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4269410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25517966
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115026

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4269410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25517966
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115026

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