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Early Initiation of Tocilizumab in Clinically Isolated Aortitis

Clinically isolated aortitis can arise from infectious or inflammatory etiologies. Glucocorticoids are the first-line therapy for inflammatory causes of aortitis such as large-vessel vasculitis. However, prolonged steroids use is associated with numerous side effects. We present a case of a 60-year-...

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Autores principales: Huang, Irvin J, Pugh, Trevor, Liew, Jean
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6579327/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31249756
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4479