1. Preface

   • Kenzo Tanaka

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 1

2. Introductory remarks for this special issue on Takayasu arteritis

   • Fujio Numano

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 5

3. An overview on Takayasu arteritis

   • Morie Sekiguchi
   • Jun-ichi Suzuki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 6 - 10

4. Pathological studies on Takayasu arteritis

   • Masao Hotchi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 17

5. Pathological features of the pulmonary artery in Takayasu arteritis

   • Osamu Matsubara
   • Nobuyuki Yoshimura
   • Eugene J. Mark

   OriginalPaper Pages: 18 - 25

6. Coronary artery lesions in Takayasu arteritis: Pathological considerations

   • Osamu Matsubara
   • Takeshi Kuwata
   • Fujio Numano

   OriginalPaper Pages: 26 - 31

7. Takayasu arteritis in China: A report of 530 cases

   • Zheng Deyu
   • Fan Dijun
   • Liu Lisheng

   OriginalPaper Pages: 32 - 36

8. Takayasu arteritis in India

   • B. K. Sharma
   • S. Sagar
   • S. Suri

   OriginalPaper Pages: 37 - 43

9. Takayasu arteritis in Israel

   • Talma Rosenthal
   • Benjamina Morag
   • Yacov Itzchak

   OriginalPaper Pages: 44 - 47

10. Takayasu arteritis in Japan

    • Keizo Koide

    OriginalPaper Pages: 48 - 54

11. Takayasu arteritis in Korea: Clinical and angiographic features

    • Young-Bae Park
    • Suk Keun Hong
    • Jae Hyung Park

    OriginalPaper Pages: 55 - 59

12. Takayasu arteritis in Thailand

    • Chaliow Piyachon
    • Nitaya Suwanwela

    OriginalPaper Pages: 60 - 67

13. Hereditary factors of Takayasu arteritis

    • Fujio Numano

    OriginalPaper Pages: 68 - 72

14. HLA-Linked susceptibility and resistance to Takayasu Arteritis

    • Rui-Ping Dong
    • Akinori Kimura
    • Takehiko Sasazuki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 73 - 80

15. HLA Typing of Takayasu arteritis in Korea

    • Myoung Hee Park
    • Young Bae Park

    OriginalPaper Pages: 81 - 84

16. Immunopathogenesis of Takayasu arteritis

    • S. Sagar
    • N. K. Ganguly
    • B. K. Sharma

    OriginalPaper Pages: 85 - 90

17. Takayasu arteritis in Korean children: Clinical report of seventy cases

    • Chang Yee Hong
    • Yong Soo Yun
    • Keun Chan Sohn

    OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 96

18. Angiographic characteristics of Takayasu arteritis

    • Young D. Cho
    • Kyu T. Lee

    OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 101

19. Comparative studies between Japanese and Korean patients: Comparison of the findings of angiography,HLA-Bw52, and clinical manifestations

    • Michiyoshi Yajima
    • Ryutaro Moriwaki
    • Young D. Cho

    OriginalPaper Pages: 102 - 105

20. Coronary arterial involvement in aortitis syndrome: Assessment by exercise thallium scintigraphy

    • Tsunehiko Nishimura
    • Toshiisa Uehara
    • Takahiro Kozuka

    OriginalPaper Pages: 106 - 110

21. Aortic regurgitation in patients with Takayasu arteritis: Assessment by color Doppler echocardiography

    • Yuji Hashimoto
    • Toshiyuki Oniki
    • Fujio Numano

    OriginalPaper Pages: 111 - 115

22. Left ventricular dysfunction and HLA Bw52 antigen in Takayasu arteritis

    • Kenji Kasuya
    • Yuji Hashimoto
    • Fujio Numano

    OriginalPaper Pages: 116 - 119

23. Pregnancy in Takayasu arteritis from the view of internal medicine

    • Akihiko Matsumura
    • Ryutaro Moriwaki
    • Fujio Numano

    OriginalPaper Pages: 120 - 124

24. Clinical gynecologic features of pregnancy in Takayasu arteritis

    • Takeshi Aso
    • Shirou Abe
    • Teruhito Yaguchi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 132

25. Medical treatment of Takayasu arteritis

    • Iwao Ito

    OriginalPaper Pages: 133 - 137

26. Takayasu arteritis: Follow-up studies for 20 years

    • Ryutaro Moriwaki
    • Fujio Numano

    OriginalPaper Pages: 138 - 145

27. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in Takayasu arteritis

    • Mohammed Khalilullah
    • Sanjay Tyagi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 146 - 153

28. Surgical treatment of Takayasu arteritis

    • Fred A. Weaver
    • Albert E. Yellin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 154 - 158

29. Surgical treatment of Takayasu arteritis

    • Yusuke Tada
    • Osamu Sato
    • Shunya Shindo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 159 - 167

30. Surgical treatment of cardiac involvement in Takayasu arteritis

    • Jun Amano
    • Akio Suzuki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 168 - 178