Longitudinal Characterization of Vascular Inflammation and Disease Activity in Takayasu's Arteritis and Giant Cell Arteritis: A single-center prospective study.

Hugh D AlessiKaitlin A QuinnMark A AhlmanElaine NovakovichBabak SabouryYiming LuoPeter C Grayson

Published in: Arthritis care & research (2022)

Disease activity in GCA and TAK is common throughout the disease course. Patterns of vascular PET activity at diagnosis and later in disease differ between GCA and TAK.

Keyphrases

disease activity
systemic lupus erythematosus
rheumatoid arthritis
rheumatoid arthritis patients
ankylosing spondylitis
giant cell
juvenile idiopathic arthritis
oxidative stress
computed tomography
pet ct
pet imaging