Horton's three sisters: Familial clustering of temporal arteritis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1997-1998

  Raptis, Lampros ^a   Pappas, Georgios ^b,c   Akritidis, Nikolaos ^a  

^a G HATZIKOSTA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Institute of Continuing Medical Education of Ioannina   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Familial; Temporal arteritis

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PREDNISONE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MIDDLE AGED; SIBLINGS; TEMPORAL ARTERIES;

EID: 34948873187     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-007-0610-5     Document Type: Article

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