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[Extent and location of lesions in aorta and its main branches in patients with nonspecific aortoarteritis with various genotypes in the region of major histocompatibility complex].
Kardiologiia - 1 Jan 2005
Chikhladze N M, Favorova O O, Gusev D E, Sudomoina M A, Balakhonova T V, Sinitsin V E, Mershina E A, Kharlap G V, Sivakova O A, Chazova I E
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To elucidate associations between location and extent of lesions of arterial vascular bed in patients with nonspecific aortoarteritis and presence of various alleles of DRB1 gene of HLA class II in patients of Russian ethnicity. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography were used for examination of arteries in 25 patients aged 22-69 years. Genotyping of...
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