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Can you tell me about subclavin steel syndrome's or unknown lung disease caused by immune system turning on you?
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See below: It is a constellation of signs and symptoms that arise from retrograde (reversed) flow of blood in the vertebral artery or the internal thoracic artery, due to a proximal stenosis (narrowing) and/or occlusion of the subclavian artery.
Answered 11/27/2017
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