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Quantitative ultrasound to monitor the vascular response to tocilizumab in giant cell arteritis

OBJECTIVES: To characterize the effect of ultra-short glucocorticoids followed by Tocilizumab monotherapy on the intima-media thickness (IMT) in GCA. METHODS: Eighteen GCA patients received 500 mg for 3 consecutive days (total of 1500mg) i.v. methylprednisolone on days 0–2, followed by i.v. Tocilizu...

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Autores principales: Seitz, Luca, Christ, Lisa, Lötscher, Fabian, Scholz, Godehard, Sarbu, Adela-Cristina, Bütikofer, Lukas, Kollert, Florian, Schmidt, Wolfgang A, Reichenbach, Stephan, Villiger, Peter M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8566271/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34117737
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keab484