Giant cell arteritis: Epidemiology, diagnosis, and management

Current Rheumatology Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 436-442

  Gonzalez Gay, Miguel A ^a   Martinez Dubois, Cristina ^a   Agudo, Mario ^a   Pompei, Orlando ^a   Blanco, Ricardo ^a   Llorca, Javier ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Giant cell arteritis; Incidence; Temporal artery biopsy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERY DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; BRAIN ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORNING DOSAGE; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SCANDINAVIA; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; TEMPORAL ARTERY; VASCULITIS;

BIOPSY; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPORAL ARTERIES;

EID: 77958088474     PISSN: 15233774     EISSN: 15346307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11926-010-0135-9     Document Type: Review

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