What is it about?
The kidney is frequently involved in Takayasu disease. Renal artery is the district more often involved, because of an inflammation of the vascular wall that often determines a stenosis of the vessel. This may result in renovascular hypertension and may induce an ischemic damage to the renal parenchyma.
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Why is it important?
The paper describes the new pahtogenetic hypotheses, the more recent epidemiological data and classification of the disease. Moreover the new medical and surgical therapies are presented.
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This page is a summary of: Takayasu’s disease effects on the kidneys: current perspectives, International Journal of Nephrology and Renovascular Disease, August 2018, Dove Medical Press,
DOI: 10.2147/ijnrd.s146355.
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