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Takayasu's Arteritis

Medical Definition: A thrombo-obliterative process of the great vessels stemming from the aortic arch, occurring generally in young women. Radial and carotid pulses are typically obliterated. Skin changes are due to the disturbed circulation. There may be loss of hair and atrophy of the skin and its appendages with underlying muscle atrophy. (Andrews' Diseases of the Skin, 8th ed)
Guide Notes: an aortic arch syndrome

Takayasu's Arteritis Medical Definitions and Terms

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