Limitations of therapy and a guarded prognosis in an american cohort of takayasu arteritis patients

To describe the clinical, laboratory, and radiographic manifestations of Takayasu arteritis (TA) in a cohort from the US, evaluate the response to interventions, remission and relapse rates, and disease progression, and compare these observations with those from other cohorts in the US, Japan, India, Italy, and Mexico.Seventy-five patients were retrospectively studied using a uniform database that included clinical, laboratory, and imaging data....