Rapid control of disease activity by tocilizumab in 10 ‘difficult-to-treat’ cases of Takayasu arteritis

Goel, Ruchika; Danda, Debashish; Kumar, Sathish; Joseph, George

doi:10.1111/1756-185x.12220

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Rapid control of disease activity by tocilizumab in 10 ‘difficult-to-treat’ cases of Takayasu arteritis

Published in International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases • Dec 1, 2013

Authors:

Ruchika Goel

Debashish Danda

Sathish Kumar

Abstract

AIM: To assess outcome of 10 'difficult to treat' patients with Takayasu arteritis (TA) treated with tocilizumab. METHODS: Records of 10 patients with TA who received at least six infusions of tocilizumab were studied and data related to demography, medications, investigations, angiography and outco...

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Medicine

Tocilizumab

Discontinuation

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