Clinical and epidemiologic analysis of giant cell (temporal) arteritis from a nationwide survey in 1998 in Japan: The first government-supported nationwide survey

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 594-598

  Kobayashi, Shigeto ^a,b,i   Yano, Tetsuro ^a   Matsumoto, Yoshifuji ^c   Numano, Fujio ^d   Nakajima, Nobuyuki ^e   Yasuda, Keishu ^f   Yutani, Chikao ^g   Nakayama, Toshiko ^h   Tamakoshi, Akiko ^h   Kawamura, Takashi ^h   Ohno, Yoshiyuki ^h   Inaba, Yutaka ^a   Hashimoto, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Japan Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare   (Japan)

^c Toyokawa City Hospital   (Japan)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^h NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁱ JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Giant cell arteritis; Polymyalgia rheumatica; Prevalence; Temporal arteritis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGED; CLAUDICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; JAW MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SEX RATIO; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0041734649     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.11195     Document Type: Review

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