Cellular and Molecular Characteristics of Vascular Damage in Giant Cell Arteritis, the Unmet Needs for Targeted Treatment /

Cellular and Molecular Characteristics of Vascular Damage in Giant Cell Arteritis, the Unmet Needs for Targeted Treatment / / Luiza Rusu.

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a primary systemic vasculitis characterized by systemic inflammation and vascular insufficiency of large and medium blood vessels which may lead to end-organ damage in patients age 50 and older. Standard corticosteroid treatment of GCA significantly improves the intima-...

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Rusu, Luiza,
Place / Publishing House:London : : IntechOpen,, 2021.
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (126 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Author information
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Characteristics of vascular damage in GCA arteries
  • 3.Vascular remodeling of healthy arteries to GCA arteries
  • 4.Vascular remodeling is the 'unmet need' in GCA treatment-standard therapy and future perspectives
  • 5.Discussion and conclusions
  • References.

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