Giant cell arteritis with an erythrocyte sedimentation rate lower than 50

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-75

  Martinez Taboada V M ^a   Blanco, R ^a   Armona, J ^a   Uriarte, E ^c   Figueroa, M ^c   Gonzalez Gay, M A ^b   Rodriguez Valverde, Vicente ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL XERAL CALDE   (Spain)

^c Hospital Nuestra Senora de Aranzazu   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute phase reaction; Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Giant cell arteritis; Temporal arteritis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BIOPSY; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

EID: 19244368153     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100670050017     Document Type: Article

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