- Takayasu arteritis (disease syndrome)
- Ta·ka·ya·su arteritis (disease, syndrome) (tah-kah-yahґsoo) [Mikito Takayasu, Japanese surgeon, 1860–1938] see under arteritis.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Takayasu arteritis (disease syndrome)
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