In visual loss due to giant cell arteritis reversible?

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 155-158

  Çalgüneri, Meral ^a   Çobankara, Veli ^b   Özath, Düzgün ^a   Güler, Gülnur ^a   Apraş, Şule ^a   Pay, Salih ^a   Kiraz, Sedat ^a   Ertenli, Ihsan ^a   Öztürk, Akif ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cyclophosphamide; Steroids; Temporal arteritis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLAUDICATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JAW DISEASE; MALE; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; STEROID THERAPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0037298096     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2003.44.1.155     Document Type: Article

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