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Characteristics of our patients with Takayasu arteritis. |
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| Patient 1 |
Patient 2 |
Patient 3 |
Patient 4 |
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| Age at diagnosis (years) |
12 |
11 |
8 |
15 |
| Gender (M, male; F, female) |
F |
M |
F |
M |
| Ethnicity |
Caucasian |
Asian |
Caucasian |
Caucasian |
| Clinical presentation |
-pain left arm |
-hypertension |
- hypertension |
-acute chest pain |
| -absent radial and brachial pulse, weak left carotid pulse |
-abdominal pain |
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| Laboratory findings at disease onset: |
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| -ESR (mm/hr) |
80 |
125 |
100 |
80 |
| -CRP (mg/l) |
60 |
80 |
134 |
60 |
| -Hb (g/l) |
100 |
79 |
92 |
110 |
| -platelets (G/l) |
400 |
738 |
487 |
745 |
| Treatment (initial dose): |
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| -prednisone (mg/kg/day) |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1.5 |
| -methotrexate (mg/m2/wk) |
10 |
0 |
10 |
10 |
| -MMF (mg bid) |
0 |
250 |
0 |
0 |
| Surgical intervention |
none |
Bypass brachiocephalic trunk |
Bypass abdominal aorta |
None |
| Follow up (years) |
10 |
3 |
9 |
3 |
| Outcome and treatment at last visit |
-Clinical remission |
- Clinical remission |
- Clinical remission |
- Clinical remission |
| -prednisone 5 mg/d |
-prednisone 7.5 mg/d MMF 750 mg bid |
-aspirin 100 mg/d |
-prednisone 7.5 mg/d |
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Al abrawi et al. Pediatric Rheumatology 2008 6:17 doi:10.1186/1546-0096-6-17 |
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