Influence of age, sex, and place of residence on clinical expression of giant cell arteritis in Northwest Spain

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1548-1551

  Gonzalez Gay, Miguel A ^a   Garcia Porrua, Carlos ^b   Amor Dorado, Juan C ^a   Llorca, Javier ^b  

^a HOSPITAL XERAL CALDE   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Age of onset; Giant cell (temporal) arteritis; Place of residence; Sex

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; URBAN AREA;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

EID: 0037490980     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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