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- Title
Tocilizumab for giant cell arteritis: an amazing result.
- Authors
Işık, Metin; Kılıç, Levent; Doğan, İsmail; Çalgüneri, Meral
- Abstract
Giant cell arteritis (GCA), previously Horton's disease, is a systemic vasculitis affecting the middle-sized or large arteries in patients older than 50 years of age. The mainstay of the treatment of GCA is glucocorticoid therapy. Herein, we present a case with giant cell arteritis resistant to oral and intravenous steroid, intravenous cyclophosphamide and mycophenolate mofetil, but successfully treated with tocilizumab.
- Subjects
GIANT cell arteritis; MYCOPHENOLIC acid; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE agents; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; VASCULITIS treatment; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Rheumatology International, 2013, Vol 33, Issue 11, p2961
- ISSN
0172-8172
- Publication type
Letter
- DOI
10.1007/s00296-012-2516-z