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-adrenergic-blocking drugs are added. In patients who fail to respond to NSAID or present initially with moderate-to-severe pain and/or thyrotoxic symptoms, corticosteroid (CS) treatment is recommended ( 1 ). The optimal CS treatment regimen for ST has not yet been
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corticosteroid treatment could impact NLR values and MR findings, we performed a separate analysis excluding those who were receiving or have received corticosteroid treatments over 3 months before enrollment. A Cox proportional hazards model was used to identify
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patients (12 in the placebo arm and 13 in the RTX arm), 21 completed the primary endpoint of 24 weeks and 19/21 completed the 52-week observation. Both groups were similar at baseline with regard to age, sex, smoking status, prior corticosteroid treatment