Demographic and laboratory data may predict positive temporal artery biopsy

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 332-335

  Lugo, Joanelle Z ^a   Deitch, Jonathan S ^a   Yu, Andrew ^a   Jang, Joon Ho ^b   Patel, Radha ^a   Slova, Denisa ^a   Lantis, John ^b   Leitman, I Michael ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

arteritis; biopsy; giant cell; temporal artery; vasculitis

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HEADACHE; HISPANIC; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL ARTERY; TEMPORAL ARTERY BIOPSY; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 80052815688     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2011.03.013     Document Type: Article

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