Subtleties in the histopathology of giant cell arteritis

Seminars in Ophthalmology

Volumn 26, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 342-348

  Stacy, Rebecca C ^a   Rizzo, Joseph F ^a   Cestari, Dean M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Giant cell arteritis; Giant cells; Healed arteritis; Temporal artery biopsy; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; EOSINOPHIL; EPITHELIOID CELL; FIBROBLAST; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL ARTERY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; RETINAL VASCULITIS; TEMPORAL ARTERIES;

EID: 80053527738     PISSN: 08820538     EISSN: 17445205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08820538.2011.588656     Document Type: Article

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