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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2019-01-01
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Series: | Indian Journal of Rheumatology |
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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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