Giant cell arteritis (temporal arteritis, cranial arteritis) and a case from Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 306-308

  Cullen, James F ^a   Chan, C M L ^c   Chuah, K L ^b  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Central retinal artery occlusion; Dissecting aneurysm of the aorta; Giant cell arteritis; Temporal artery biopsy; Visual loss

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA DISSECTING ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; MALE; SINGAPORE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AORTIC ANEURYSM; BLINDNESS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; SINGAPORE; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

EID: 0041317169     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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