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Assessment of disease activity and progression in Takayasu’s arteritis with Disease Extent Index-Takayasu

2010; Oxford University Press; Volume: 49; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/rheumatology/keq171

1462-0332

Sibel Zehra Aydın, Neslihan Yılmaz, Servet Akar, Kenan Aksu, Sevil Kamalı, Eftal Yücel, Ömer Karadağ, Müge Bıçakçıgil, Hüseyin Özer, Sedat Kiraz, Fatoş Önen, Murat İnanç, Gökhan Keser, Nurullah Akkoç, Haner Di̇reskeneli̇,

Vasculitis and related conditions

Objective. Disease Extent Index-Takayasu (DEI.Tak) is a new index developed for the follow-up of Takayasu's arteritis (TA), assessing only clinical findings without the requirement of imaging. We investigated the effectiveness of DEI.Tak in assessing disease activity and progression by comparing with physician's global assessment (PGA) and active disease criteria defined by Kerr et al.