Article
Comparative studies between Japanese and Korean patients: comparison of the findings of angiography, HLA-Bw52, and clinical manifestations.
Heart and vessels. Supplement - 1 Jan 1992
Yajima M, Moriwaki R, Numano F, Park Y B, Cho Y D
Abstract excerpt
A Japan-Korea cooperative survey on Takayasu arteritis has shown some differences in the features between Japanese and Korean patients with this disease. In angiographic findings, Japanese patients more frequently had lesions at the aortic arch and/or its branches (58% of 75 cases), while, in Kor...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Angiography
- Aortography
- Cause of Death
- Cross-Cultural Comparison
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetics, Population
- HLA-B Antigens
- HLA-B52 Antigen
- Humans
- Japan
- Korea
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype