Takayasu arteritis: Epidemiological, clinical, and immunogenetic features in Greece

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 1 SUPPL. 52, 2009, Pages

  Karageorgaki, Zaharenia Th ^a   Bertsias, George K ^b   Mavragani, Clio P ^c   Kritikos, Heraklis D ^d   Spyropoulou Vlachou, Maria ^e   Drosos, Alexandros A ^f   Boumpas, Dimitrios T ^d   Moutsopoulos, Haralampos M ^c  

^a Surgical Department of 'Agios Dimitrios' General hospital   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^e G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; HLA; Stenosis; Takayasu arteritis

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA B52 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEURYSM; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GREECE; HEALTH CENTER; HEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOGENETICS; INFECTION; JAPAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MOON FACE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYALGIA; MYOPATHY; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; REMISSION; SEROLOGY; SYNOVITIS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; COMORBIDITY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GREECE; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGENETIC PHENOMENA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TAKAYASU ARTERITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450231668     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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