Giant cell arteritis in Saudi Arabia

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-60

  Bosley, Thomas M ^a   Riley, Fenwick C ^a  

^a KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERITIS; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; SAUDI ARABIA; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

EID: 0032431717     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006167213695     Document Type: Article

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