The implications of recognizing large-vessel involvement in elderly patients with giant cell arteritis

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-40

  Evans, Jonathan ^a   Hunder, Gene G ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA RUPTURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; THORACIC AORTA;

EID: 0031010440     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002281-199701000-00007     Document Type: Short Survey

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