Giant cell arteritis: Diagnosis and management

Bulletin on the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2-5

  Kachroo, Arun ^a   Tello, Celso ^a   Bais, Rajney ^a   Panush, Richard S ^a  

^a SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; THORAX PAIN; VERTIGO;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; PREDNISONE; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

EID: 0029737445     PISSN: 00075248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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