Frequency of unintended vein and peripheral nerve biopsy with temporal artery biopsy

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 703-

  Johnson, Jean Guffey ^b   Grossniklaus, Hans E ^b   Margo, Curtis E ^a   Foulis, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NERVE BIOPSY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGEON; TEMPORAL ARTERY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BRAIN VEIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; FACIAL NERVE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; MEDICAL ERROR; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY;

BIOPSY; CEREBRAL VEINS; FACIAL NERVE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; TEMPORAL ARTERIES;

EID: 66149189334     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2009.77     Document Type: Letter

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