Sustained spontaneous clinical remission in giant cell arteritis: Report of two cases with long-term followup

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Clinical relevance of persistently elevated circulating cytokines (tumor necrosis factor α and interleukin-6) in the long-term followup of patients with giant cell arteritis

✍ Ana García-Martínez; José Hernández-Rodríguez; Georgina Espígol-Frigolé; Sergio 📂 Article 📅 2010 🏛 Wiley (John Wiley & Sons) 🌐 English ⚖ 212 KB 👁 2 views

## Abstract ## Objective To assess the clinical relevance of increased circulating cytokines in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) after long‐term followup. ## Methods We performed a cross‐sectional evaluation of 54 patients with biopsy‐proven GCA prospectively followed for a median of 5.4