Journal «Angiology and Vascular Surgery» • 

2009 • VOLUME 15 • №1

TO CENTENARY OF TAKAYASU’S PRESENTATION OF NONSPECIFIC AORTOARTERITIS CASE

Pokrovsky A.V., Kuntsevich G.I., Zotikov A.E., Burtseva E.A., Kulbak V.A., Yudin V.I.
A.V. Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery,
Moscow, Russia

Literature review is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the first case presentation for nonspecific aortoarteritis. The review covers the history of the disease concept development, current knowledge on its etiology and pathogenesis, unresolved problems of management strategy for patients with this pathology.

KEY WORDS: nonspecific aortoarteritis, Takayasu’s disease.

P. 148-150

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