Renal causes of elevated sedimentation rate in suspected temporal arteritis

Journal of Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 272-274

  Gruener, Gregory ^a   Merchut, Michael P ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Sedimentation rate; Temporal arteritis

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; TEMPORAL ARTERY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

EID: 0026677985     PISSN: 0272846X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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