What do you know about Takayasu's arteritis ?
It tends to affect young women and most of' the cases have been h'om Japan. Prodromal systemic symptoms include fever, night sweats, anorexia, weight loss, malaise, fatigue, arthralgia and pleuritic pain. It predominantly involves the aorta and is of three types: Type I (Shimizu-Sano) which involves primarily the aortic arch and brachiocephalic vessels; Type II (Kimoto) which affects the thoraco-abdominal aorta and particularly the renal arteries; Type III (Inada) with features of Types I and II. Types I and III may be complicated by aortic regurgitation. { M. Takayasu (1860-1938), Japanese ophthalmologist.
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It tends to affect young women and most of' the cases have been h'om Japan. Prodromal systemic symptoms include fever, night sweats, anorexia, weight loss, malaise, fatigue, arthralgia and pleuritic pain. It predominantly involves the aorta and is of three types: Type I (Shimizu-Sano) which involves primarily the aortic arch and brachiocephalic vessels; Type II (Kimoto) which affects the thoraco-abdominal aorta and particularly the renal arteries; Type III (Inada) with features of Types I and II. Types I and III may be complicated by aortic regurgitation. { M. Takayasu (1860-1938), Japanese ophthalmologist.
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