Takayasu`s disease (also known as `aortic arch syndrome`, `nonspecific aortoarteritis` and the `pulseless disease`{rp|841}) is a form of large vessel granulomatous vasculitis with massive intimal fibrosis and vascular narrowing, affecting often young or middle-aged women of Asian descent. It mainly affects the aorta (the main blood vessel l...
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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 ...
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[
n] - disorder characterized by the absence of a pulse in both arms and in the carotid arteries
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pulseless disease noun disorder characterized by the absence of a pulse in both arms and in the carotid arteries
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