Remarkable damage along with poor quality of life in Takayasu arteritis: cross-sectional results of a long-term followed-up multicentre cohort


Omma A., Erer B., Karadag O., Yilmaz N., Alibaz-Oner F., Yildiz F., ...Daha Fazla

CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY, cilt.35, sa.1, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 35 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Dergi Adı: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: vasculitis, Takayasu arteritis, vasculitis damage index, quality of life, HEALTH SURVEY SF-36, WEGENERS-GRANULOMATOSIS, SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS, MENTAL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, SURVIVAL, VALIDITY, DISEASE, INDEX
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective. We aimed to assess the outcome of a large Takayasu arteritis (TAK) cohort using the vasculitis damage index (VDI) and quality of life (QoL) scale, tools which have been validated for vasculitis.