Sensitive Assessment of Activity of Takayasu's Arteritis by Pentraxin3, a New Biomarker

According to the patient clinical symptoms, 23 patients were classified as in the active phase (2 males and 21 females aged 13 to 47 years; average, 27.5 years) as evidenced by clinical recurrences such as progression of arterial stenosis or dilation on MRA and carotid artery ultrasound, worsening numbness of the arms, continuous fever, arm pain with use, or neck or jaw pain within 2 years of blood sampling. [...]this study could help to establish new and more accurate criteria for assessing TA activity than National Institutes of Health criteria, which are the only criteria that we could use.