Evidence for early vessel involvement in the dysfunctional myocardium of Takayasu's arteritis

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 74-76

  Breinholt, Iii, J P ^a   Tristani Firouzi, M ^a   Bohnsack, J F ^a   Shaddy, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteritis; Immunofluorescence; Takayasu's

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; IMMUNE COMPLEX DEPOSITION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; NIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SWEATING;

ADOLESCENT; AORTA; AORTIC ARCH SYNDROMES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0035120090     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002460010160     Document Type: Article

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