BSR and BHPR guidelines for the management of giant cell arteritis

Rheumatology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1594-1597

  Dasgupta, Bhaskar ^a   Borg, Frances A ^a   Hassan, Nada ^a   Alexander, Leslie ^a   Barraclough, Kevin ^b   Bourke, Brian ^c   Fulcher, Joan ^d   Hollywood, Jane ^a   Hutchings, Andrew ^e   James, Pat ^d   Kyle, Valerie ^f   Nott, Jennifer ^g   Power, Michael ^h   Samanta, Ash ⁱ  

^a SOUTHEND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Painswick Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d PMRGCA Group   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g East Anglia PMR and GCA Support Group   (United Kingdom)

^h Clinical Knowledge Summaries Service   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Giant cell arteritis; Glucocorticosteroids; Guidelines; Management; Temporal arteritis; Temporal artery biopsy; Vasculitis diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954720405     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq039a     Document Type: Note

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