Antibiotic treatment for giant-cell arteritis?

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9042, 1996, Pages 1630-

  Fontana, P E ^a   Gabutti, L ^a   Piffaretti, J C ^b   Marone, C ^a  

^a OSPEDALE SAN GIOVANNI   (Switzerland)

^b Istituto Batteriosierologico Cantonale   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CLARITHROMYCIN; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYME DISEASE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL ARTERY;

EID: 0030583830     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)07504-6     Document Type: Article

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