Pentraxin 3 is better than conventional inflammatory markers for disease activity assessment in takayasu arteritis

Pentraxin 3 is better than conventional inflammatory markers for disease activity assessment in takayasu arteritis

Objective: The objective of this study is to measure plasma pentraxin 3 (PTX3) levels in Takayasu arteritis (TA) patients and to compare the accuracy of PTX3, high-sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP), and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) in distinguishing active disease from the inactive diseas...

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Main Authors: Phani Kumar Devarasetti, Rajendra Varaprasad Irlapati, Liza Rajasekhar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Rheumatology
Subjects:
Biomarkers
Indian Takayasu activity score 2010
inflammation
pentraxin 3
Takayasu arteritis
vasculitis
Online Access:http://www.indianjrheumatol.com/article.asp?issn=0973-3698;year=2019;volume=14;issue=1;spage=21;epage=27;aulast=Devarasetti
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