Inflammatory bowel diseases and Takayasu's arteritis: coincidence or association?

KILIÇ, LEVENT; KALYONCU, UMUT; KARADAĞ, ÖMER; AKDOĞAN, ALİ; Dogan, Ismail; APRAŞ BİLGEN, ŞAZİYE; KİRAZ, SEDAT; Ertenli, Ihsan

doi:10.1111/1756-185x.12837

Inflammatory bowel diseases and Takayasu's arteritis: coincidence or association?

KILIÇ L., KALYONCU U., KARADAĞ Ö., AKDOĞAN A., Dogan I., APRAŞ BİLGEN Ş. Ş., ...More

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES, vol.19, no.8, pp.814-818, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 19 Issue: 8
Publication Date: 2016
Doi Number: 10.1111/1756-185x.12837
Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.814-818
Keywords: anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody, anti-saccharomyces antibody, inflammatory bowel disease, Takayasu's arteritis, ANTI-SACCHAROMYCES-CEREVISIAE, ULCERATIVE-COLITIS, CROHNS-DISEASE, ANTIBODIES, MANIFESTATIONS, CLASSIFICATION
Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

BackgroundTakayasu's arteritis (TA) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are rare diseases but there are case reports presenting their co-existence in the literature. The aim of this study was to investigate the relation between IBD and TA.