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We report the case of a 27-year-old white woman with Crohn's disease associated with brachial artery occlusion. Only 2 similar cases of Takayasu-like disease in young women with Crohn's disease were noted in the English literature.
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Gray, R., Newman, H. Arteritis associated with Crohn's disease. Gastrointest Radiol 8, 53–55 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01948088
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