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Ulcerative colitis associated with Takayasu's disease.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Feb 1994
Oyanagi H, Ishihata R, Ishikawa H, Suzuki S, Kondo Y, Miyata M, Obara K, Nishimaki T, Kasukawa R, Tanno Y
Abstract excerpt
A 25-year-old Japanese woman had both ulcerative colitis and Takayasu's disease and was positive for HLA-A24, BW52, and DR2. She was found to have thickening of the wall of the carotid artery on contrast-enhanced computerized tomography of the neck and chest. Prednisolone, beraprost, and sulfapyridine achieved rapid remission of both diseases.
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