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Case Reports
. 1980 Jan 19;57(3):96-8.

Spontaneous recanalization of renal artery stenosis in childhood Takayasu arteritis: A case report

J Wiggelinkhuizen, B J Cremin, S Cywes
  • PMID: 6105718
Case Reports

Spontaneous recanalization of renal artery stenosis in childhood Takayasu arteritis: A case report

J Wiggelinkhuizen et al. S Afr Med J. .

Abstract

Takayasu arteritis with renovascular hypertension in an 8-year-old girl is described. At the onset both renal arteries were affected, but 2 years later one renal artery had been recanalized and the uncontrolled hypertension was cured by contralateral nephrectomy.

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