Do we need treatment with tumour necrosis factor blockers for giant cell arteritis?

Ann Rheum Dis. 2008 May;67(5):577-9. doi: 10.1136/ard.2007.086330.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Etanercept
  • Giant Cell Arteritis / complications
  • Giant Cell Arteritis / drug therapy*
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / therapeutic use*
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Polymyalgia Rheumatica / complications
  • Polymyalgia Rheumatica / drug therapy
  • Prednisolone / therapeutic use
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / therapeutic use*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / antagonists & inhibitors*

Substances

  • Glucocorticoids
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • Prednisolone
  • Etanercept