Takayasu’s Arteritis.
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2016-04
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Abstract
Takayasu’s arteritis is a chronic nonspecific arteritis due to inflammatory process of the large vessels usually affecting young women. Occlusion of aorta and its various major branches can result in many of its clinical manifestations, the most devastating being stroke. As with other noninfectious inflammatory diseases, steroid remains the mainstay of treatment with many other avenues being searched for.
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Arteritis, Diagnosis, Positron emission tomography, Vasculitis
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Deshpande Alaka K, Chauhan Shamshersingh G, Sood Ankita. Takayasu’s Arteritis. MGM Journal of Medical Sciences. 2016 Apr-June; 3(2): 91-95.