Giant Cell Arteritis Without Clinically Evident Vascular Involvement in a Defined Population

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 274-277

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

^a HOSPITAL XERAL CALDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anemia; Fever of unknown origin; Giant cell (temporal) arteritis; Occult (silent) arteritis; Polymyalgia rheumatica; Temporal artery biopsy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SPAIN; VASCULITIS;

EID: 1842679453     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.20231     Document Type: Article

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