Relationship between histological subtypes and clinical characteristics at presentation and outcome in biopsy-proven temporal arteritis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 529-532

  ter Borg, E J ^a   Haanen, H C M ^a   Seldenrijk, C A ^a  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical presentation; Histological subgroups; Outcome; Temporal arteritis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HEMOGLOBIN; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MALE; PREDNISONE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847625971     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-006-0332-0     Document Type: Article

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