Temporal artery biopsy for giant cell arteritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1279-1282

  Taylor Gjevre, Regina ^a,d   Vo, Minh ^b   Shukla, Dino ^b   Resch, Lothar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Giant cell arteritis; Sensitivity; Temporal arteritis

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPORAL ARTERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

EID: 22244435559     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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