Lack of association between altitude and incidence of giant cell arteritis in North-west Spain [7]

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 270-

  Llorca, Javier ^a   Bringas Bollada, M ^a   Amor Dorado, J C ^b   Garcia Porrua, C ^b   Gonzalez Gay, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL XERAL CALDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ALTITUDE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GEOGRAPHY; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LATITUDE; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN;

AGED; ALTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

EID: 1842578990     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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