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The Severity of Takayasu Arteritis Is Associated with the HLA-B52 Allele in Japanese Patients.
The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine - 1 May 2016
Origuchi Tomoki, Fukui Shoichi, Umeda Masataka, Nishino Ayako, Nakashima Yoshikazu, Koga Tomohiro, Kawashiri Shin-Ya, Iwamoto Naoki, Ichinose Kunihiro, Tamai Mami, Nakamura Hideki, Kawakami Atsushi
Abstract excerpt
Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a type of vasculitis that affects the large elastic arteries, specifically the aorta and its main branches. It has been reported that TA occurred most frequently in Nagasaki Prefecture, the western area in Japan. We retrospectively collected the information of 34 patients with TA, diagnosed using the American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of TA, from the...
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