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MID AORTIC SYNDROME- A RARE CA(U)SE OF HYPERTENSION IN CHILDREN.

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 Mid aortic Syndrome (or) Middle aortic Syndrome (MAS) is a rare disease with only 200 reported case. MAS may present clinically as Uncontrollable Hypertension,           abdominal claudication or Lower limb claudication. We             present another case of this rare entity, diagnosed and treated at Institute of child Health, Chennai.


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