Mortality in patients with biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis: A south australian population-based study

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2215-2217

  Ninan, Jem ^a   Nguyen, Anh Minh ^b   Cole, Antonia ^a   Rischmueller, Maureen ^a   Dodd, Thomas ^c   Roberts Thomson, Peter ^d   Hill, Catherine L ^a,e  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Health Statistics Unit   (Australia)

^c SA Pathology ^*  (Australia)

^d FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biopsy proven; Giant cell arteritis; Mortality rate

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AUSTRALIAN; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TEMPORAL ARTERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 80053554607     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.101254     Document Type: Article

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