Publication: Steroid Resistant Takayasu Arteritis
Date
2013
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Nepal Paediatric Society (JNPS)
Abstract
Abstract:
Takayasu’s arteritis (TA), a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the aorta, its branches and the pulmonary arteries has become increasingly recognized as a worldwide entity, with a variable spectrum of disease expression. Here in a case of paediatric Takayasu arteritis affecting purely the arch of aorta and it’s branches that was steroid resistant.
Description
Malay Kumar Dasgupta
R.G. Kar MedicalCollege and Hospital, 1, Khudiram Bose Sarani, Kolkata-04
Sabyasachi Das
R.G. Kar MedicalCollege and Hospital, 1, Khudiram Bose Sarani, Kolkata-04
Debasree Guha
R.G. Kar MedicalCollege and Hospital, 1, Khudiram Bose Sarani, Kolkata-04
Keywords
Takayasu arteritis, angiography, steroid resistant