The value of temporal artery biopsy specimen length in the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis [5]

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2363-2364

  Arashvand, Kayvan ^a  

^a Department of Oncology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL ARTERY; TISSUE FIXATION;

BIOPSY; HUMANS; REFERENCE VALUES; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

EID: 33751021684     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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