Alicia's journey to diagnosis began two years ago when she developed a urinary tract infection, which then escalated into a ...

A woman was diagnosed with one of the world's rarest heart diseases, Taakayasu's arteritis when she was 21. The diagnosis of ...

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, ...

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

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

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

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Opens in a new tab or window Positive findings with color Doppler ultrasound were enough to diagnose giant cell arteritis (GCA) accurately without need for confirmation with temporal artery biopsy ...

Objectives To assess the sensitivity to change of ultrasound halo features and their association with disease activity and glucocorticoid (GC) treatment in patients with newly diagnosed giant cell ...

Objectives We evaluated the feasibility of a rapid glucocorticoid tapering regimen to reduce glucocorticoid exposure in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) treated with glucocorticoids only.