Clinical and laboratory predictors of diagnostic delay in childhood Takayasu arteritis and PAN: a retrospective cohort study
Systemic symptoms such as fever and fatigue may obscure early recognition of vasculitis in children. Greater awareness and structured diagnostic approaches are needed to reduce diagnostic delays and improve outcomes in paediatric vasculitis.
Authors
- Yelda Bilginer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6232-0072)
- Mehmet Erkan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7647-4534)
- Hazel Delal Dara Kar
- Veysel Çam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6629-3967)
- Hülya Ercan Emreol (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0138-8791)
- Özge Başaran
- Yağmur Bayındır (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5274-3285)
- Erdal Sağ (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6542-2656)
- Dilara Ünal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3043-792X)
- Seza Özen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2389-7282)
- Özlem Necipoğlu Banak
Institutions
- Hacettepe University (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Lara D. Veeken
- Published
- 2025-12-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaf661
- Primary Topic
- Vasculitis and related conditions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00