Published: 13 November 2017
Author(s): Maxime Samson, Georgina Espígol-Frigolé, Nekane Terrades-García, Sergio Prieto-González, Marc Corbera-Bellalta, Roser Alba-Rovira, José Hernández-Rodríguez, Sylvain Audia, Bernard Bonnotte, Maria C. Cid
Section: Invited Article

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) and Takayasu arteritis (TAK) are the two main large vessel vasculitides. They share some similarities regarding their clinical, radiological and histological presentations but some pathogenic processes in GCA and TAK are activated differently, thus explaining their different sensitivity to biological therapies. The treatment of GCA and TAK essentially relies on glucocorticoids. However, thanks to major progress in our understanding of their pathogenesis, the role of biological therapies in the treatment of these two vasculitides is expanding, especially in relapsing or refractory diseases.

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