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Elevated antistreptolysin O titer is closely related to cardiac mitral insufficiency in untreated patients with Takayasu arteritis

BACKGROUND: The etiology of Takayasu arteritis (TA) is unknown; however, a possible relationship between streptococcal infection and TA has been proposed. This study aimed to identify the clinical features and cardiac valvular involvement in untreated TA patients with an elevated antistreptolysin O...

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Autores principales: Pan, Lili, Du, Juan, Zhu, Junming, Qiao, Zhiyu, Ren, Yanlong, Huang, Xinsheng, Guo, Shichao, Gao, Na
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6996160/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32013899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-020-01364-w