Sustained inflammation of the aortic wall despite tocilizumab treatment in two cases of Takayasu arteritis

Rheumatology (Oxford). 2013 Sep;52(9):1729-31. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/ket107. Epub 2013 Mar 5.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / therapeutic use*
  • Antirheumatic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Aorta / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Inflammation / drug therapy
  • Inflammation / pathology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Takayasu Arteritis / drug therapy
  • Takayasu Arteritis / pathology*
  • Treatment Failure
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Antirheumatic Agents
  • tocilizumab