Giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica: Clues to early diagnosis

Geriatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 38-44

  Dwolatzky, Tzvi ^a   Sonnenblick, Moshe ^a   Nesher, Gideon ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; STROKE;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SYNOVITIS; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0031391212     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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