Giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica in northwestern Turkey: Clinical features and epidemiological data

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 830-833

  Pamuk, O N ^a   Donmez S ^a   Karahan, B ^b   Pamuk, G E ^b   Cakir N ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Giant cell arteritis; Incidence; Polymyalgia rheumatica; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SYMPTOM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY;

EID: 72949111368     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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