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Aortitis may be classified according to the cause into 2 groups: inflammatory and infectious.^[1]^[2]

Aortitis may be classified according to the cause into 2 groups:^[1]^[2]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Bronze MS, Shirwany A, Corbett C, Schaberg DR (1999). "Infectious aortitis: an uncommon manifestation of infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae". The American Journal of Medicine. 107 (6): 627–30. PMID 10651596. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Gornik HL, Creager MA (2008). "Aortitis". Circulation. 117 (23): 3039–51. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.760686. PMC 2759760. PMID 18541754. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)