Clinical and instrumental features of the course of Takayasu's disease in children.

Abstract

Aortoarteritis in children (Takayasu's disease), or pulseless disease, is an inflammation of large vessels. In Asian countries (in particular, India), cases of aortoarteritis in children are common. However, this disease affects children of all ethnic groups and worldwide ranks 3rd among childhood vasculitis after hemorrhagic vasculitis and Kawasaki disease