Giant cell arteritis in Asians: A comparative study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 214-216

  Pereira, Luciano S ^a,b   Yoon, Michael K ^a   Hwang, Thomas N ^a   Hong, Jenny E ^a   Ray, Kathyrn ^a   Porco, Travis ^a   McCulley, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SAMPLE SIZE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL ARTERIES;

EID: 79251491707     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.177220     Document Type: Article

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