Article
Takayasu arteritis: follow-up studies for 20 years.
Heart and vessels. Supplement - 1 Jan 1992
Moriwaki R, Numano F
Abstract excerpt
We reviewed retrospectively 126 (5 male, 121 female) patients suffering from Takayasu arteritis who had been treated in our clinics from 1971 to 1990. The patients' ages ranged from 19 to 80 yrs old (1990) with a mean age of 48.7 +/- 11.8 years. HLA typing analysis in 98 patients revealed that 45 patients (47%) were confirmed as carrying the Bw52 antigen, a high result that is statistically significant as...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Angiography
- Blood Sedimentation
- C-Reactive Protein
- Cause of Death
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- HLA-B Antigens
- HLA-B52 Antigen
