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S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1769710/ (last access: 23 December 2019); Medscape – https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/332378-overview (last access: 23 December 2019).
N: 1. – Takayasu (pn): Mikito Takayasu (高安 右人 Takayasu Mikito, September 4, 1860 – November 20, 1938) was a Japanese ophthalmologist known for his discovery of Takayasu’s arteritis.
– arteritis (n): New Latin. First Known Use of arteritis: circa 1820. Arterial inflammation.
2. Progressive obliteration of the branchiocephalic trunk and the left subclavian and left common carotid arteries above their origin in the aortic arch, leading to loss of pulse in both arms and carotids and to symptoms associated with ischemia of the brain (syncope, transient hemiplegia, etc.), eyes (transient blindness, retinal atrophy, etc.), face (muscular atrophy, etc.), and arms (claudication, etc.).
3. Takayasu arteritis (pulseless disease) is a rare form of arteritis that affects the aorta and its branches.
4. The disease frequently is found in people of Asian ancestry, and it is more common in women than men.
5. Inflammation of the arteries eventually may block the supply of blood to the head, neck, the arms, and part of the body wall, which can result in blindness and paralysis. Most deaths from the disease result from damage to the heart muscle and to the brain.
S: 1. Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikito_Takayasu (last access: 23 December 2019); MW – https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arteritis (last access: 23 December 2019). 2. GDT – http://www.granddictionnaire.com/ficheOqlf.aspx?Id_Fiche=17018496 (last access: 23 December 2019). 3 to 5. EncBrit – https://www.britannica.com/science/arteritis (last access: 23 December 2019).
OV: Takayasu’s arteritis
S: GDT – http://www.granddictionnaire.com/ficheOqlf.aspx?Id_Fiche=17018496 (last access: 23 December 2019)
SYN: pulseless disease, arteritis brachiocephalica, brachiocephalic arteritis, Martorell’s syndrome, reversed coarctation, Takayasu’s disease, Takayasu’s syndrome.
S: GDT – http://www.granddictionnaire.com/ficheOqlf.aspx?Id_Fiche=17018496 (last access: 23 December 2019)
CR: arteriosclerosis, arteritis, artery.
