Increment of the platelet count in temporal arteritis: Response to therapy and ischemic complications

European Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 43-45

  Gonzalez Alegre, Pedro ^a,b   Ruiz Lopez, Alfredo D ^a   Abarca Costalago, Manuel ^a   Gonzalez Santos, Pedro ^a  

^a HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Giant cell (temporal) arteritis; Platelets; Thrombocytosis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOSIS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

EID: 0035169062     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000052088     Document Type: Article

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