Does temporal artery biopsy influence the management of temporal arteritis?

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-36

  Lenton, J ^a,b   Donnelly, Richard ^a,b   Nash, J R ^a,b  

^a DERBY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; TEMPORAL ARTERY; TEMPORAL ARTERY BIOPSY;

EID: 31144432274     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hci141     Document Type: Article

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