Takayasu’s Arteritis and Giant Cell (Temporal or Cranial) Arteritis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 4-5

  Hashimoto, Hiroshi ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

aortitis; aortitis syndrome; HLA antigen

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN;

AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; NOTE; ONSET AGE; SEX RATIO; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

AGE OF ONSET; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

EID: 0033629968     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.39.4     Document Type: Article

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