Epidemiology of biopsy proven giant cell arteritis in northwestern Spain: Trend over an 18 year period

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 367-371

  Gonzalez Gay M A ^a   Garcia Porrua, C ^a   Rivas, M J ^a   Rodriguez Ledo, P ^a   Llorca, J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL XERAL CALDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

EID: 0035075524     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.60.4.367     Document Type: Article

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