A 49-year-old woman with a history of Takayasu's arteritis underwent stent placement of the celiac and mesenteric arteries after unsuccessful balloon angioplasty. Stents may prove to be a beneficial alternative to angioplasty for treatment of the dense fibrotic leslons often associated with this dis
HLA antigens in north american patients with takayasu arteritis
β Scribed by Majed M. Khraishi; Dafna D. Gladman; Pierre Dagenais; Adel G. Fam; Edward C. Keystone
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 254 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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