Takayasu arteritis in France: A single-center retrospective study of 82 cases comparing white, North African, and black patients

Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-17

  Arnaud, Laurent ^a   Haroche, Julien ^a   Limal, Nicolas ^a   Toledano, Dan ^b   Gambotti, Laetitia ^c   Chalumeau, Nathalie Costedoat ^a   Boutin, Du Le Thi Huong ^a   Cacoub, Patrice ^a   Cluzel, Philippe ^b   Koskas, Fabien ^a   Kieffer, Edouard ^a   Piette, Jean Charles ^a   Amoura, Zahir ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Service de Radiologie   (France)

^c Service de Sante Publique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CLOPIDOGREL; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDARTERECTOMY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTH AFRICA; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 74549188049     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0b013e3181cba0a3     Document Type: Article

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