Temporal arteritis presenting with gastrointestinal symptoms in a middle aged man

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Jafri, Hasan S ^a   Sofianos, Christopher ^a   Hattab, Eyas M ^a   Overhiser, Andrew J ^a,b   Chiorean, Michael ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Giant cell arteritis; Temporal arteritis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALAISE; MALE; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; VASCULITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745643814     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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