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Immunogenetics of peripheral arteriopathies.
Clinical hemorheology and microcirculation - 1 Jan 2000
Mehra N K, Jaini R
Abstract excerpt
Takayasu's arteritis (TA) and thrombangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease) are idiopathic, inflammatory arteriopathies with strong indications for the involvement of autoimmunity and host genetic factors in their immunopathogenesis. The exact etiology of these arteriopathies still remains unknown even after almost nine decades of their description. A series of immunogenetic studies conducted worldwide seeking to...
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