Takayasu arteritis is an idiopathic granulomatous vasculitis of the aorta and its main
branches and it constitutes one of the more common vasculitides in children. Inflammation …

Takayasu arteritis is a devastating vasculitis of the aorta and its major branches. The clinical
manifestations in paediatric patients are less specific than in adults: in children the disease …

Several lines of evidence support a role of the immune system in headache pathogenesis,
with particular regard to migraine. Firstly, alterations in cytokine profile and in lymphocyte …

Childhood vasculitis is a challenging and complex group of conditions that are multisystem
in nature and often require integrated care from multiple subspecialties, including …

The term vasculitis covers heterogeneous disorders that share the presence of inflammation
of blood vessel walls. Immune cell infiltrates can vary significantly and involve granulocytes …

Introduction Takayasu arteritis (TA) is an idiopathic large-vessel vasculitis affecting the aorta
and its major branches. Although the disease rarely affects children, it does occur, even in …

BACKGROUND Middle aortic syndrome (MAS) is a rare clinical entity in childhood,
characterized by a severe narrowing of the distal thoracic and/or abdominal aorta, and …

Childhood‐onset Takayasu arteritis (c‐TA) is a distinct subset affecting a wide age group,
ranging from young infants to adolescents and it differs from adult TA in many aspects. There …

Background Takayasu arteritis (TAK) is a large vessel vasculitis that rarely affects children.
Data on childhood TAK are scarce. The aim of this study was to analyze the presenting …

Giant cell (GCA) and Takayasu's arteritis (TAK) are 2 forms of large-vessel vasculitis (LVV)
that involve the aorta and its major branches. GCA has a predilection for the cranial …