Outcome assessment in Takayasu arteritis.

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Takayasu arteritis (TAK) is a systemic granulomatous large-vessel vasculitis with a phenotype that overlaps with GCA and defined by the 1993 and 2012 Chapel Hill Consensus Conference statements. However, the diagnosis of TAK is often delayed since TAK patients may be asymptomatic or have non-specific symptoms. Once a diagnosis is made, it is difficult to judge remission or recurrence since there are no reliable...

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