Takayasu arteritis with high titre of antiphospholipid antibodies and MTHFR polymorphism

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-50

  Al Jishi, Adel ^a   Krishnan, Pudukode R ^a   Almawi, Wassim Y ^b  

^a SALMANIYA MEDICAL COMPLEX   (Bahrain)

^b ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid; Carotid stenting; MTHFR; Takayasu areteritis

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); AMLODIPINE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; APHASIA; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEART BLOCK; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; AORTA, THORACIC; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID STENOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CYTOSINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; STENTS; TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS; THYMINE;

EID: 24944449625     PISSN: 09295305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11239-005-2459-2     Document Type: Article

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