Takayasu''s Arteritis and Giant Cell (Temporal or Cranial) Arteritis
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Takayasu's arteritis and giant cell (temporal or cranial) arteritis.
Takayasu's arteritis (TA), of which the first case was described by Takayasu in 1905 (1), is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology that primarily involves the aorta, its major branches, and the pulmonary and coronary arteries. Synonymssuch as aortic arch syndrome, pulseless disease and aortitis syndrome reflect this anatomic localization. TAappears to be most commonin East Asia inc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0918-2918,1349-7235
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.39.4