Medium- and large-vessel vasculitis.
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N Engl J Med 2003;349:160-9. Copyright © 2003 Massachusetts Medical Society. nflammation of large arteries such as the aorta and its major branches occurs in a number of disorders, including Kawasaki’s syndrome, Behçet’s syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, syphilis, and tuberculosis. However, aortitis and large-vessel arteritis are characteristics of two entities — giant-cell (temporal) arteritis and Takayasu’s arteritis. These arteritides involve similar histologic abnormalities 1
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The New England journal of medicine
دوره 349 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2003