Alicia Fairclough, 23, was diagnosed with a type of vasculitis called Taakayasu's arteritis - she has also been left with ...

Overview An inflammation of arteries (blood vessels) in the head, near the temples. Symptoms It may cause vision loss, ...

What are the signs of temporal arthritis? Answered by Dr. Robert H. Shmerling M.D. Senior Faculty Editor, Harvard Health ...

Alicia was "misdiagnosed for the longest time" after a UTI led doctors to discover she has one of the rarest heart diseases ...

charite.de Introduction Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a large vessel vasculitis involving the aorta and its major branches. T cell-mediated autoimmunity is thought to play a major role in its ...

These factors identify patients with Takayasu arteritis with high risk of relapse and vascular complications. These factors may serve to adjust more aggressive management and close follow-up in ...

Giant cell arteritis is the most frequent systemic inflammatory vasculitis, mainly affecting large vessels.1 The cause of giant cell arteritis is complex; the fewer risk loci identified in giant cell ...

have been postulated to play roles in the pathophysiology of giant cell arteritis (GCA) because of their ability to degrade elastin. Understanding the specific mediators of arterial damage in GCA ...

ccf.org Background: Despite corticosteroid treatment, patients with temporal arteritis may continue to lose vision. However, predictors of progressive visual loss are not known. Methods: We ...

Patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) who received upadacitinib with a steroid taper regimen achieved sustained remission, according to results from the phase 3 SELECT-GCA study. The randomized, ...