Giant cell arteritis

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7808, 2011, Pages

  Hassan, Nada ^a   Dasgupta, Bhaskar ^a   Barraclough, Kevin ^b  

^a SOUTHEND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Greenbank   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

AGED; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; FEVER; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALAISE; MALE; MYALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPORAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS;

AGED; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 79957585359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d3019     Document Type: Short Survey

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