Lifesaving Vertebral Artery Stenting in a Child With Takayasu Arteritis

authors:

avatar Afshin Borhani Haghighi 1 , avatar Golnoush Sadat Mahmoudi Nezhad 2 , avatar Hamid Amoozgar ORCID 3 , *

Neurology Department, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran
Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran
Cardiac and Neonatology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran
Iranian Journal of Pediatrics: Vol.25, issue 2
published online: April 18, 2015
article type: Letter
received: February 6, 2015
revised: February 25, 2015
accepted: March 11, 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5812/ijp.262

how to cite: Borhani Haghighi A, Mahmoudi Nezhad G S, Amoozgar H. Lifesaving Vertebral Artery Stenting in a Child With Takayasu Arteritis. Iran J Pediatr. 2015;25(2): -. https://doi.org/10.5812/ijp.262.

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