title: Takayasu arteritis with high titre of antiphospholipid antibodies and MTHFR Polymorphism.
abstract: The association of antiphospholipid antibodies and Takayasu arteritis is very rare and few cases have been reported in the past. Though Takayasu arteritis patients were treated in the past with stenting, there have been no reports of patients with this association being treated with carotid stenting. We present here a young Bahraini female with Takayasu arteritis, primary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome and methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase C 677 T and A 1298 C polymorphism, who was treated with carotid stenting and anticoagulants.
authors.affiliation: Salmaniya Medical Complex, Manama, Bahrain. adeljish@batelco.com.bh
authors.forename: Adel Al
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Jishi
authors.forename: Pudukode R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Krishnan
authors.forename: Wassim Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Almawi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017152:Antibodies, Antiphospholipid / Q000097:blood*; D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003596:Cytosine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D042965:Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2) / Q000235:genetics*; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D015607:Stents; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D013941:Thymine
chemical_list: D017152:Antibodies, Antiphospholipid; D003596:Cytosine; D042965:Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2); D013941:Thymine