Comparison of clinical and pathological characteristics of isolated aortitis and Takayasu arteritis with ascending aorta involvement

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 362-366

  Wang, Hongyue ^a   Li, Li ^a   Wang, Linlin ^b   Chang, Qian ^a   Pu, Jielin ^a  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; SYNDECAN 1;

ADULT; ADVENTITIA; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTIOUS AORTITIS; ISOLATED AORTITIS; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNCLASSIFIED AORTITIS;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; AORTA; AORTITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TAKAYASU ARTERITIS;

EID: 84862829258     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2011-200424     Document Type: Article

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