Induction of remission in a patient with Takayasu''s arteritis by low dose pulses of methotrexate. |
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| Authors: | D Mevorach G Leibowitz M Brezis E Raz |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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| Abstract: | A 42 year old woman with Takayasu's arteritis responded to treatment with prednisone (60 mg daily) but developed severe side effects. Cyclophosphamide treatment did not produce a clinical improvement or steroid sparing effect. A treatment trial with a weekly pulse of low dose methotrexate improved her symptoms and the patency of her occluded left subclavian artery. |
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