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To the Editor:
Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) is a chronic, potentially progressive, granulomatous inflammation of the aorta and its main branches and it is the most frequent pediatric large-vessel vasculitis1. Typical manifestations of TA in adults are diminished or absent pulses associated with claudication, vascular bruits, or hypertension2–4. The incidence in children is 1/million/year. No ethnic differences are known2. The diagnosis in children is based on the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)/PRES criteria: angiographic abnormalities plus decreased peripheral artery pulse(s) and/or claudication of extremities OR a blood pressure difference > 10 mm Hg OR bruits over aorta and/or its major…