Thrombocytosis in patients with biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1267-1271

  Foroozan, Rod ^a   Danesh Meyer, Helen ^a,b   Savino, Peter J ^a   Gamble, Greg ^b   Mekari Sabbagh, Omar N ^a   Sergott, Robert C ^a  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE MARKER; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL ARTERY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

EID: 0036294240     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01076-X     Document Type: Article

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