Relapses and recurrences in giant cell arteritis: A population-based study of patients with biopsy-proven disease from Northwestern Spain

Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 186-193

  Martinez Lado, Luciana ^a   Calviño Díaz, Carolina ^a   Piñeiro, Angela ^a   Dierssen, Trinidad ^c,d   Vazquez Rodriguez, Tomas R ^a   Miranda Filloy, Jose A ^a   Lopez Diaz, Maria J ^b   Blanco, Ricardo ^e   Llorca, Javier ^c,d   Gonzalez Gay, Miguel A ^e  

^a Divisions of Geriatrics ^*  (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL XERAL CALDE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955581949     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0b013e31821c4fad     Document Type: Article

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