TY - JOUR T1 - Childhood Stroke as the Presentation of Takayasu’s Arteritis: Diagnostic Delay Can Cause Catastrophic Complications JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 1228 LP - 1230 VL - 35 IS - 6 AU - JUERGEN BRUNNER AU - DEREK ARMSTRONG AU - BRIAN M. FELDMAN AU - RAYFEL SCHNEIDER AU - SUSE BENSELER Y1 - 2008/06/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/35/6/1228.abstract N2 - 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… ER -