The epidemiology of Takayasu arteritis in the UK

Rheumatology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1008-1011

  Watts, Richard ^a   Al Taiar, Abdullah ^a,b   Mooney, Janice ^a   Scott, David ^c   MacGregor, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Takayasu arteritis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FACTUAL DATABASE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGISTER; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; TAKAYASU ARTERITIS;

EID: 70149124963     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kep153     Document Type: Article

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