Aortitis syndrome (Takayasu's arteritis) with cataract and elevated serum level of vascular endothelial growth factor

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 78-79

  Harada, Masaru ^a   Yoshida, Hiroshi ^a   Mitsuyama, Keiichi ^a   Sakamoto, Masaharu ^a   Koga, Hiroyuki ^a   Matsuo, Katsuhiko ^b   Teshima, Yasuo ^a   Ikeda, Eiko ^a   Sakisaka, Shotaro ^a   Sata, Michio ^a   Tanikawa, Kyuichi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Base Technology Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cataract; Takayasu's arteritis; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

LIMAPROST; PREDNISOLONE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALPROSTADIL; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CATARACT; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LYMPHOKINES; PREDNISOLONE; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 6844258188     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/030097498441227     Document Type: Article

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