Temporal artery biopsy: Is there any value in examining biopsies at multiple levels?

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-136

  Chakrabarty, A ^a   Franks, A J ^b  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Economic analysis; Temporal artery biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

EID: 0033972927     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.53.2.131     Document Type: Article

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