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Aortitis syndrome (Takayasu's arteritis) associated with systemic lupus erythematosus
T Igarashi1, S Nagaoka, K Matsunaga
1First Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City, University School of Medicine, Japan.
The Journal of Rheumatology
|December 1, 1989
Abstract:
Nine cases of the aortitis syndrome associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have been reported. We describe a 10th case of this unusual association. Our patient was the oldest of any reported and the only one in whom SLE developed before the onset of the aortitis syndrome.