A "negative" temporal artery biopsy, positive for arteritis

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1074-1075

  Chiu, Cynthia S ^b   Dryja, Thaddeus P ^b   Lessell, Simmons ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; GRANULOMATOUS VASCULITIS; HUMAN; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPORAL ARTERY; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; BIOPSY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; PREDNISONE; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 3342940159     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.122.7.1074     Document Type: Article

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