Diagnostic utility of serum biomarkers in large vessel vasculitis and their correlation with positron emission tomography.
Reyhan Bilici SalmanGülce KocaSeda Gülbahar AteşDilek YaparHakan BabaogluHasan SatişAslıhan Avanoglu GülerHazan KaradenizNuh AtasHamit KucukOzgür Umit AkdemirSeminur HaznedaroğluAbdurrahman TufanBerna GökerHatice PaşaoğluLutfiye Ozlem AtayMehmet Akif OzturkPublished in: Modern rheumatology (2022)
Our results suggest that IL-6 and BAFF may serve as markers of large vessel vasculitis, while PTX3 is not useful. None of the inflammatory markers correlated with PET assessed vasculitis activity.