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Familial risks between giant cell arteritis and Takayasu arteritis and other autoimmune diseases in the population of Sweden.
Scientific reports - 30 Nov 2020
Thomsen Hauke, Li Xinjun, Sundquist Kristina, Sundquist Jan, Försti Asta, Hemminki Kari
Abstract excerpt
Giant cell arteritis (GCA, also called temporal arteritis) is a rare and Takayasu arteritis (TA) is an even rarer autoimmune disease (AID), both of which present with inflammatory vasculitis of large and medium size arteries. The risk factors are largely undefined but disease susceptibility has been associated with human leukocyte antigen locus. Population-level familial risk is not known. In the present...
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