The Role of Multimodality Imaging in Monitoring Disease Activity and Therapeutic Response to Tocilizumab in Giant Cell Arteritis

• Main Authors: Edoardo Conticini (Author), Jurgen Sota (Author), Paolo Falsetti (Author), Caterina Baldi (Author), Marco Bardelli (Author), Francesca Bellisai (Author), Gian Marco Tosi (Author), Bruno Frediani (Author), Luca Cantarini (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction. Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a large vessel (LV) vasculitis, mainly affecting elder patients. Monitoring GCA activity during tocilizumab (TCZ) treatment is an unmet need, since low serum levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) during treatment may underestimate disease activity. To date, f...