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Renal Artery Stenosis in Takayasu’s Arteritis Causing Early-Onset Hypertension: A Report of Four Cases at the UP-Philippine General Hospital

Lauro L. Abrahan IV, Elleen L. Cunanan, Percy Jun G. Prieto, Jaime Alfonso  M. Aherrera, Antonio L. Faltado Jr, Maria Teresa B. Abola
Dec 2016 DOI 10.69944/pjc.928b2e6118

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Lauro L. Abrahan IV, MD1,2; Elleen L. Cunanan, MD1,2; Percy Jun G. Prieto, MD1,2; Jaime Alfonso  M. Aherrera MD1,2; Antonio L. Faltado Jr, MD2; Maria Teresa B. Abola, MD1,2

1Section of Cardiology, University of the Philippines – Philippine General Hospital  

2Department of Medicine, University of the Philippines – Philippine General Hospital 

 

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