Giant cell arteritis presenting with oculomotor nerve palsy

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 327-328

  Bondeson, Jan ^a,b   Åsman, Peter ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Giant cell arteritis; Oculomotor palsy; Temporal arteritis

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; TEMPORAL ARTERY;

EID: 0030880334     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03009749709105324     Document Type: Article

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