Giant cell arteritis and spinal cord compression: An overlap syndrome?

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-91

  Sailler, Laurent J ^a   Porte, Lydie ^a   Ollier, Sylvie M ^a   Astudillo, Leonardo M ^a   Couret, Bertrand G ^a   Catalaa, Isabelle ^b   Le Guellec, Sophie ^a   Uro Coste, Emmanuelle V ^b   Massip, Patrice ^a   Arlet, Philippe M ^a  

^a CHU PURPAN   (France)

^b CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MYELOBLASTIN ANTIBODY; MYELOPEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MENINX; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 30144434968     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/81.1.89     Document Type: Article

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