Rate of discordant findings in bilateral temporal artery biopsy to diagnose giant cell arteritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 794-796

  Breuer, Gabriel S ^a,d   Nesher, Gideon ^a   Nesher, Ronit ^b,c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Diagnosis; Giant cell arteritis; Temporal arteritis

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOLOGIST; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL ARTERY BIOPSY; BIOPSY; TEMPORAL ARTERY;

BIOPSY; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL ARTERIES;

EID: 66149104039     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.080792     Document Type: Article

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