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Case Reports
. 2001 Aug;15(8):573-5.
doi: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001247.

Hypertension is not a disease of the left arm: a difficult diagnosis of hypertension in Takayasu's arteritis

M J Banks  1 , N Erb, P George, A Pace, G D Kitas
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Hypertension is not a disease of the left arm: a difficult diagnosis of hypertension in Takayasu's arteritis

M J Banks et al. J Hum Hypertens. 2001 Aug.

Abstract

Hypertension and its cause may be missed by failure to measure blood pressure in both arms. We report a case of Takayasu's arteritis where diagnostic confusion arose because there was a failure to detect a difference in blood pressure between the arms.

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