Takayasu’s arteritis and an elevated antistreptolysin O titre – a potentially expensive diagnostic conundrum
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چکیده
Takayasu's arteritis is a chronic large vessel vasculitis which may be associated with a false positive antistreptolysin O titre.
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دوره 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014