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Abstract
A chronic inflammatory process that affects the AORTA and its primary branches, such as the brachiocephalic artery (BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK) and CAROTID ARTERIES. It results in progressive arterial stenosis, occlusion, and aneurysm formation. The pulse in the arm is hard to detect. Patients with aortitis syndrome often exhibit retinopathy.
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- Arteritis, Takayasu's
- Pulseless Disease
- Takayasu Disease
- Takayasu Syndrome
- Takayasu's Arteritis
- Young Female Arteritis
- Arteritides, Young Female
- Arteritis, Takayasu
- Arteritis, Takayasus
- Arteritis, Young Female
- Disease, Takayasu
- Female Arteritides, Young
- Female Arteritis, Young
- Takayasus Arteritis
- Young Female Arteritides
- Aortitis Syndrome
- Syndrome, Aortitis
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2008 (1963)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Takayasu Arteritis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013625. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013625
- Takayasu Arteritis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takayasu%27s_arteritis
- Takayasu Arteritis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q432462