Reappraisal of the Epidemiology of Giant Cell Arteritis in Olmsted County, Minnesota, over a Fifty-Year Period

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 264-268

  Salvarani, Carlo ^a   Crowson, Cynthia S ^b   O'Fallon, W Michael ^b   Hunder, Gene G ^b   Gabriel, Sherine E ^b  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Giant cell arteritis; Population based study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 1842679462     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.20227     Document Type: Article

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