Small-vessel vasculitis surrounding an uninflamed temporal artery: A new diagnostic criterion for polymyalgia rheumatica?

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2565-2573

  Chatelain, Denis ^a   Duhaut, Pierre ^a   Loire, Robert ^b   Bosshard, Sylvie ^b   Pellet, Hélène ^b   Piette, Jean Charles ^c   Sevestre, Henri ^a   Ducroix, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CAPILLARY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; JAW DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SMALL VESSEL VASCULITIS; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL ARTERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; VASCULITIS;

EID: 49449095056     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.23700     Document Type: Article

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