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Successful spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section in an African patient with Takayasu’s arteritis

Takayasu's arteritis (TA) is a rare chronic inflammatory disease affecting mainly the aorta and its main branches. We report a case of a 24-year-old primigravida, an African patient, with TA planned for caesarean section at 37 weeks of gestation. Clinically, she has involvement of aortic arch a...

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Autores principales: Kassa, Mamo Woldu, Benti, Tadele Melese, Bedada, Alemayehu Ginbo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6317383/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30637066
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.30.281.16182