Fewer subsequent relapses and lower levels of IL-17 in Takayasu arteritis developed after the age of 40 years

BACKGROUND: The clinical characteristics of Takayasu arteritis (TAK) developing in individuals older than 40 years (TAK >40) are little-known. METHOD: We retrospectively analyzed 43 patients with TAK treated at three hospitals in Japan from April 2000 to March 2016. From medical records we collec...

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Autores principales: Fukui, Shoichi, Iwamoto, Naoki, Shimizu, Toshimasa, Umeda, Masataka, Nishino, Ayako, Koga, Tomohiro, Kawashiri, Shin-ya, Ichinose, Kunihiro, Hirai, Yasuko, Tamai, Mami, Nakamura, Hideki, Aramaki, Toshiyuki, Iwanaga, Nozomi, Izumi, Yasumori, Origuchi, Tomoki, Migita, Kiyoshi, Ueki, Yukitaka, Sato, Shuntaro, Kawakami, Atsushi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5154144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27964745
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13075-016-1193-9