Abstracts tagged "complications and genetic architecture"

Abstract Number: 805 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Takayasu Arteritis and Ulcerative Colitis –High Concurrence Ratio and Genetic Overlap
Chikashi Terao¹, Takayoshi Matsumura², Hajime Yoshifuji³, Yohei Kirino⁴, Yasuhiro Maejima⁵, Yoshikazu Nakaoka⁶, Meiko Takahashi¹, Eisuke Amiya², Natsuko Tamura⁵, Toshiki Nakajima³, Tomoki Origuchi⁷, Tetsuya Horita⁸, Mitsuru Matsukura², Yuta Kochi², Akiyoshi Ogimoto⁹, Motohisa Yamamoto¹⁰, Hiroki Takahashi¹¹, Shingo Nakayamada¹², Kazuyoshi Saito¹², Yoko Wada¹³, Ichiei Narita¹³, Yasushi Kawaguchi¹⁴, Hisashi Yamanaka¹⁴, Koichiro Ohmura³, Tatsuya Atsumi⁸, Kazuo Tanemoto¹⁵, Tetsuro Miyata², Masataka Kuwana¹⁶, Issei Komuro², Yasuharu Tabara¹, Atsuhisa Ueda¹⁷, Mitsuaki Isobe¹⁸, Tsuneyo Mimori³ and Fumihiko Matsuda¹, ¹Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, ²Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ³Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, ⁴Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, ⁵Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁶Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, ⁷Department of Health Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan, ⁹Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan, ¹⁰Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan, ¹¹First Department of Internal Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan, ¹²The First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan, ¹³Division of Clinical Nephrology and Rheumatology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan, ¹⁴Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁵Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan, ¹⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁷Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, ¹⁸Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose . Takayasu arteritis (TAK) is a systemic vasculitis affecting large arteries and large branches of the aorta. Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a prevalent autoimmune…