Takayasu's disease (a case report).
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چکیده
Takayasu's disease is an idiopathic inflammatory arteriopathy involving the aorta and its main branches. Symptoms are related to vascular insufficiency of affected organs, especially the brain, eye, heart and kidneys. Major ocular complications consist of ischaemic retinopathy, complicated cataract and neovascular glaucoma. The definite diagnosis can be established by carotid doppler study or aortic angiography. We here in reported a Bangladeshi old male patient with ocular ischaemia due to this disease.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
دوره 25 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1975