Is Takayasu Arteritis a genetic disease?
Studies linking Takayasu Arteritis to HLA class I (HLA-B52:01) and II genes have provided conflicting results and differ between ethnicities.
There is no link to HLA-DRB1∗04 as is seen in GCA.
Studies linking Takayasu Arteritis to HLA class I (HLA-B52:01) and II genes have provided conflicting results and differ between ethnicities.
There is no link to HLA-DRB1∗04 as is seen in GCA.