Giant cell temporal arteritis with a normal erythrocyte sedimentation rate: report of a case

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 255.e1-255.e3

  Ciccarelli, Michael ^a   Jeanmonod, Donald ^a   Jeanmonod, Rebecca ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DIPLOPIA; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GIANT CELL TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; GIANT TEMPORAL CELL ARTERITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PAPILLEDEMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING TEST; STEROID THERAPY; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 65349113334     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.06.032     Document Type: Article

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