Atypical giant cell arteritis resulting in arm amputation

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 260-262

  Cohen, H E ^a   Shankar, P J ^a   Martin, J C ^a   Lewis, M H ^a  

^a ROYAL GLAMORGAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; AORTOGRAPHY; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTERIOTOMY; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; AXILLARY ARTERY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; EMBOLECTOMY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GANGRENE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIMB ISCHEMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PULSATILE FLOW; PULSE RATE; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY;

AGED; AMPUTATION; ARM; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

EID: 0037622865     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588403766274980     Document Type: Article

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