| Preferred Name |
Takayasu Arteritis |
| ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C35062 |
| ALT_DEFINITION |
A large vessel granulomatous vasculitis affecting the aorta or its main branches and pulmonary arteries with angiographic findings of stenosis, occlusion, or aneurysm. Clinical findings include absent or asymmetric pulses (discrepancy in four limb blood pressure), bruits, hypertension, or elevation in acute phase reactants. |
| code |
C35062 |
| Concept_In_Subset | |
| Contributing_Source |
NICHD |
| DEFINITION |
A large vessel vasculitis affecting the aorta and its branches. It usually affects young females. It causes vascular obstruction, resulting in asymmetric pulses. |
| FULL_SYN |
Takayasu Arteritis Pulseless Disease Takayasu's Arteritis |
| label |
Takayasu Arteritis |
| Legacy Concept Name |
Takayasu_s_Arteritis |
| Preferred_Name |
Takayasu Arteritis |
| prefixIRI |
Thesaurus:C35062 |
| prefLabel |
Takayasu Arteritis |
| Semantic_Type |
Disease or Syndrome |
| UMLS_CUI |
C0039263 |
| subClassOf |